Herb Crusted Pork Lion Recipe

Heat oven to 450°. Mince garlic. Chop bacon in a frying pan, cook bacon over medium heat until it has rendered its fat but is not crisp. Drain bacon on paper towel and pour off all but 1/4 cup fat from pan. Add the thyme, marjoram, 2 tsp. salt and 1/4 tsp. pepper. Stir in bread crumbs and continue cooking 1-2 minutes. Stir in garlic and bacon and let cool. Trim fat on pork to 1/16". Cover fat side with crumb mixture. Put into a roasting pan, fat side up, so roast is resting on its ribs. Roast 5 minutes, reduce heat to 325° and continue roasting till done, about 1 hour and 45 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before carving into chops. Makes 8 servings.