Lightly sear the pork skin in a hot pan to get rid of any hair. Some people use tweezers, but this is much easier. Add pork, one spring onion/scallion, half the ginger and half the Shaoxing wine ...

This Japanese adaptation of the Chinese dish char siu is seasoned with sugar, sake and dark soy sauce and braised at a low temperature ... Place the pork into a small deep roasting tin.

The siu yuk (crisp-skinned roast pork) – bought from a siu mei (Chinese roast meat) shop – should be from the belly, with a nice layering of fat, or from the more flavourful but less meaty rib ...

And probably none more so than this milk-braised pork ragout, which has been served with a range of pasta shapes over the years. So, we asked for the recipe. “This sauce has been a Totti’s classic ...