The boar was stuffed with a mixture of peppers and herbs, wrapped in banana leaves and placed it in a pit prepared with hot stones and slow burning wood from
pimento trees.
The berries of
the pimento tree do resemble peppercorns, but outside of Jamaica they're known as allspice.
The pimento tree is used in rural areas as the wood of choice for cooking jerk.
Not exact matches
While
pimento is the green wood of choice, other local
trees such as guava and orange are used.