Pork Roast with Spice Rub

This spice rub is amazing!  It's so good I want to use it on everything.  I made it the first time with a pork roast, but you could use it on chicken, pork chops, anything.  I cooked some carrots and potatoes with the pork roast and I even took some of the rub and put it on the vegetables.  Just a little.  Now I think I might use more next time. I love the flavor.  

Ingredients:
2 bay leaves
2 star anise
1/2 tsp cardamon or 8 whole pods 
2 tsp coriander seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds, toasted 
1/2 tsp fennel seeds
2 tsp peppercorns
1 tbsp Spanish paprika 
5 cloves garlic
2 tbsp brown sugar 
1 tbsp coarse salt 
1/4 cup olive oil 

1 3 pound pork roast 

In a spice grinder, or coffee grinder, process the bay leaves, star anise, cardamon, coriander, cumin, fennel, and pepper until finely ground.  Place in a small bowl.  Add the rest of the ingredients and stir well making a paste. 

This recipe will make more of the spice paste than you need for this recipe.  You can keep it in the refrigerator to use later for another meal.

Rub the spice rub all over the roast.  Make sure you cover all sides and use enough that it really gets into the meat.  Cover and chill for a least 4 hours, but preferably overnight.

Remove some of the rub from the roast. Take off any excess but make sure that you leave a little on if you want the great flavor.  

Heat the over to 450 degrees.  Place the roast on a large roasting pan. Roast at 450 for 30 minutes.   Cover the pan with foil, turn the oven down to 300 degrees. Put a little water on the bottom of the pan to keep the roast from drying out.  Check after 3 hours. The roast should be fork tender.  Allow to rest for 10 minutes before slicing.