Lovo is Fiji’s earth-oven feast: hot river stones, banana-leaf parcels and hours of patient smoke. Pork is the centrepiece of the lovo, seasoned with salt, wrapped and buried with taro, cassava and dalo leaves for the whole village to share.
You do not need a hole in the ground to capture it at home — a slow oven with a little liquid smoke gives the same tender, smoky result. Serve with palusami, coconut rice and a cold drink.

