Recipe: Slow Roasted Pork Neck Fillet with Dried Mandarin

Ingredients:

• 1 Pasture Fed Pork neck fillet
• 1/2 cup dark soy sauce*
• 1/3 cup light soy sauce*
• 1/4 cup white wine
• 2 star anise
• 1 small cinnamon stick
• 4 slices of ginger
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup dried mandarin peel (see Tip)

Method:

• Combine marinade ingredients in a saucepan and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes. Lower heat and allow to simmer for 5 minutes.
• Strain marinade to remove ginger, anise, and peel. Allow to cool.
• Pour the marinade over the pork neck fillet and leave in the fridge overnight.
• Preheat oven to 150 degrees C.
• Place neck fillet in a baking tray and pour over a small amount of the marinade.
• Bake the pork for 45 minutes per 1 kilo of weight.
• Towards the end of the baking time, place the reserved marinade in a saucepan and heat on high. Reduce the marinade until it’s thickened to your liking.
• Remove the pork from the oven and allow to rest.
• Serve with boiled rice, Asian greens and the reduced sauce over the pork.