We decided that in order to top off last year's Turducken (a chicken stuffed inside a duck stuffed inside a turkey), we had to do something really spectacular.
So, roasting a whole pig was what we decided. This pig turned out to be 26 kilos - we originally ordered a 17 kg pig but they didn't reserve that for us. It took 6 hours to cook, and fed about 25 people - but with plenty of leftovers.
There are no pig farms in Singapore and our pork is imported from Asia and Europe, this one is from Holland. The meat was so delicious and moist. We unfortunately screwed up the crackling as we score the skin enough. But, we had left overs and they could still be saved by removing the skin from the meat and roasting just the skins in a 160 degree Celsius oven for about 20 - 3 minutes.
Our house mate has done this many times before in his home country. However, they make a rotating spit with old windshield car motors. We can't get that here so the whole spit was made from scratch from pieces of wood, wire and metal. It was turned by about 6 people, each taking turns for 20 minutes.
As a side dish, I made a turkey (when you have a 26kg pig, the turkey becomes a side!), Peruvian inspired style, thanks to my favourite YouTube chef, Chef John from Foodwishes.com. I also made his Green Bean casserole, which was actually not much different to my husband's family recipe. And, for dessert also Chef John's pumpkin cheesecake pie.
HI, where did you get your wood from? Thanks!
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