A pork tenderloin or fillet requires advance planning. Using an overnight brine is easy and will completely change this excellent cut of meat.

One of my favourite BBQ sites is the bbqpitboys.com and they have a load of recipes and techniques for cooking ribs. This recipe, especially the Bourbon sauce for basting, is a mix of a few of their recipes, adapted for whatever ingredients I had on hand.

This is probably one of my favourite recipes. What’s fun about the pork lion is that the flavour of the meat isn’t so overpowering, it allows the stength of the ingredients to impact upon the dish - sort of like a blank canvas for the artist! What’s