1 (4 and one-half to 5-pound) pork loin
3 tablespoons soy sauce
3 tablespoons sherry
2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
1/4 cup mashed cooked black beans
2 tablespoons five-spice powder
2 tablespoons minced garlic
3 tablespoons sugar
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup boiling water
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Rinse pork and pat dry. Place on rack in a roasting pan and fill bottom of pan with 1 inch of water. In a mixing bowl, combine soy sauce, sherry, hoisin sauce, black beans, five-spice powder, garlic and sugar. Mix well. Coat pork loin with mixture, rubbing meat all over until the mixture is used up. Mix honey with boiling water, for basting Roast pork 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 325 degrees and cook 1 to 1 and one-half hours, basting every 15 minutes with honey and water mixture. When done, remove from oven and let cool slightly. Transfer to serving platter.
Serves 6-8.