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Pork cut: where it is, price, recipes

Spare ribs (travers)

The lower rib section cut away from the belly, with meat and fat woven between the bones. It is what Americans call spare ribs: lacquered with honey and soy, smoked low and slow, or braised, and always eaten with your hands.

  • Roasted
  • Smoked
  • Braised
  • Grilled
Gaston in profile, with the Spare ribs (travers) outlined$5/ lb
Gaston · Belly
In French
Travers
US side
Spare ribs
Where it sits
Belly. Bacon, pancetta, lardons and samgyeopsal all come out of the same belly.
Tenderness
2/5
Flavor
5/5
Marbling
4/5
Price
$5 / lb ·
Actual size
~35 cm

Recipes that name the Spare ribs (travers)