ROAST PORK (CHINESE STYLE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200ºC.
• Score the inner pork belly with a sharp knife.
• Rub the meat with 30g of coarse salt and the five-spice powder.
• Pierce metal skewers through the upper and lower portion of the pork belly to prevent it from shrinking during roasting.
• Rub the remaining coarse salt on the skin of the pork belly.
• Roast the pork for 45 minutes to an hour.
• Halfway through the roasting time, remove the roast pork from the oven and rub off all the salt from the skin. Prick the skin all over with a stainless steel tenderiser needle.
• Return the pork to the oven and roast it on high heat until pork is blackened and skin is crispy. Remove from oven and scrape off the blackened part.
• Return to oven and continue roasting till done.