If using raw meat, it's often boiled, then grilled or pan-fried ... skin, some meat, and a nice crunch from cartilage in the ears. But pig’s head isn’t always easy to get, so for this recipe ...

Mix in the drained XO sauce and the spring onions and fried shallots. Lay the suckling pig (or pork belly) skin-side up on the cutting board. Use the meat spike to poke many holes into the skin ...