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Sausage Stuffed Pork Rib Roast

1 (3 to 5 pound) center-cut pork rib roast (8 bone)

1/2 to 1 pound Smokey Denmark Smoked Sausage

1/4 cup butter, softened
2 tablespoons red port
2 tablespoons cane syrup
2 tablespoons muscadine jelly
1/4 cup minced garlic
1 tablespoon chopped fresh tarragon
1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
10 pearl onions
1 cup chicken broth
Brown Sauce
Muscadine jelly
Garnish: fresh rosemary sprigs

Push a boning knife through center of pork roast, making a slit from end to end. Cut sausage the length of the roast; prick sausage at 1/2 intervals, and insert into slit in roast. Place the stuffed roast in a lightly greased roasting pan.

Combine softened butter and next three ingredients; spread over roast.

Combine garlic and next six ingredients; sprinkle over roast. Add onions and chicken broth to roasting pan; cover.

Bake at 350° for 45 minutes. Uncover and bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Remove roast, reserving 1 cup pan drippings for Brown Sauce. Serve roast with brown sauce and muscadine jelly. Yield: 8 servings.

Brown Sauce

2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 1/2 cups beef broth
1 cup reserved pan drippings
2 tablespoons muscadine jelly
1 tablespoon tomato sauce
1/4 cup red port

Melt butter in a heavy saucepan over medium heat, and add flour, stirring mixture constantly. Cook one minute, stirring constantly. Gradually stir in broth and one cup of reserved drippings.

Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, and cook until slightly thickened. Stir in jelly, tomato sauce, and port.

Pour through fine wire-mesh strainer into a container for a smoother consistency, if desired. Yield: 3 1/2 cups.

Chef John Folse

 

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