Italy Revisited by Mary Melfi

Ingredients

• 2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 pound sliced air-dried Italian sausage [If using fresh pork belly, sausage is not necessary -- it's one or the other]
• 1/2 pound diced fresh pork belly, cut into pieces (about 1 1/2 inches long X 3/4 inch wide)
• 2 onions, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, crushed and chopped
• 3 dried sweet red peppers, chopped up into small pieces about 1 inch long by 1/2 wide (OR crushed between one's fingers)
• about 2 teaspoons salt
• about 1 teaspoon pepper
• 2 or 3 bay leaves
• about 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons fresh basil, or 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• about 2 teaspoons dried rosemary or 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped mint
• 1 teaspoon hot red chillies (optional)