Roast Pork Calypso

• 5-6 lb. loin of pork
• ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1

Have the butcher saw through the chine bone (the backbone or spine) of the pork loin. Score fatty side in a diamond pattern. Mix the pepper, salt, ginger, cloves and garlic and rub well into the scored surface. Lay crumbled bay leaves on top.

Put roast on a rack in a roasting pan with half the rum and ¼ pint