I just love lechon
Most ovens here in UK are just a little to small
I have cooked lechon a number of times with varying results.
The first time I tried, I ordered a prepared suckling pig but had the head removed. Head cooked in upper oven, body in lower. I still needed to cut some of the body to get it to fit in the oven.
Cooking it evenly and crispy was really a pain.
But tasted nice.
If I do this again I will buy a slightly smaller whole pig maybe 6kg so it can fit into the oven.
Second time I ordered pre-cooked and pre cut hog. No delivery so had to collect Two hour round trip, but lechon stayed nice and hot in it's special insulated container.
Tasted great, nice crispy skin and very tender, but not really a the visually exciting
whole pig centre-piece dish I had envisaged.
Third time, ordered it pre-cooked and whole. Had to collect it and provide my own
container for transport.
The pig weighed in at 12kg so quite heavy for my BBQ. Anyway managed to get it
fixed up on the electric spit and BBQ'd on low heat for about 40mins.
Great attraction for the BBQ and wonderful aroma. Result, fantastic. Great taste, crispy skin juicy and tender.
Next time I am planning to buy a whole butchered suckling pig and BBQ from scratch
Philippine style over a firepit.
Well that's the plan anyway.
