Double happiness pork

Pork is central to any Chinese New Year feast. Things were no different in the small Tasmanian town of Weldlborough in 1833, where pigs were brought from the nearby village of Pyengana and roasted in underground ovens to mark the ocassion. We didn’t have a whole pig on our trip, but we did have a piece of pork scotch (neck) and a pub full of cider nearby. In this recipe, the pork is twice-cooked, hence the doubling of happiness