INGREDIENTS (4 servings)

2 lb of pork loin / 1 glass of white wine / 1 glass of rum / half a glass of pineapple juice / 2-4 bay leaves / 2 garlic cloves / 1 spoonful of honey / 1 spoonful of paprika / 1 pineapple / butter / extravirgin olive oil / salt

Cut the loin in slices 1 finger thick. In a pan fry with some oil a clove of garlic and a bay leaf, then take them off and add the pork slices, cooking them one minute per side. Add the wine and cook on a high flame for 3 minutes, then transfer the slices on a plate and cool them. In the same pan pour the pineapple juice, the paprika and the salt, the honey and the rum. Cook for a few minutes till the liquid has reduced. Rub the second garlic clove over the pork loin slices, then thread them on a stick alternating them with the pineapple slices. Put some oil in an oven pan, add the skewer and a bay leaf, put some butter flakes on the meat and cook in the oven at 392 F for 10 minutes, then pour the pineapple, rum and honey sauce on the meat, and keep cooking at 374 F for 10 more minutes. Then increase the temperature to 428 F,  brush the meat with the sauce, and cook for 10 more minutes.