1/2 cup (125ml) chinese cooking wine or medium dry sherry
1/3 cup (80ml) soy sauce
1/3 cup (75g) firmly packed brown sugar
4 clove garlic, crushed
5 centimetre piece (25g) fresh ginger, grated
1 teaspoon sesame oil
2 star anise
2 kilogram piece pork neck
1 1/2 cup (375ml) water
Method
1
Combine cooking wine, soy sauce, sugar, garlic, ginger, oil and star anise in a medium jug. Place pork in a large dish, pour over half soy mixture, turn to coat pork. Reserve remaining soy mixture for serving. Cover and refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight, turning pork occasionally.
2
Preheat the oven to 200°C (180°C fan-forced).
3
Place pork on a wire rack over a baking dish, reserving marinade for basting. Pour measured water into the base of the baking dish. Cover tightly with foil.
4
Place pork in the oven, reduce temperature to 160°C (140°C fan-forced) and roast, 1 hour 30 minutes. Remove foil and roast for a further 1 hour or until pork is tender, brushing occasionally with reserved marinade.
5
Remove pork from the dish, cover with foil and stand for 20 minutes before slicing.
6
Meanwhile, heat the unused marinade in a small saucepan. Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer for 1 minute.
7
Serve the pork slices drizzled with sauce. Serve with roasted kumara wedges, steamed Brussels sprouts and snow peas, if you like.