"Pork and fruit is a classic pairing around the world, but this dish gets a particularly Catalan flavor from the combination of dried fruit and butifarra (a Catalan cured pork sausage) in the stuffing. The stuffing cooks inside the roast, which gives it a deep, marvelously porky flavor...."
INGREDIENTS
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1/4 cup pine nuts
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1/4 cup walnut halves
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1 cup brandy
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12 dried apricots
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12 pitted prunes
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1 teaspoon finely grated clementine zest
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1 pound butifarra or sweet Italian sausage, meat removed from the casings
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1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
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4 garlic cloves, minced
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Salt and freshly ground pepper
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Two 6-rib pork loin roasts (8 1/2 pounds total)
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1 1/2 teaspoons minced thyme
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1 1/2 teaspoons minced rosemary
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3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
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2 cups chicken stock or low-sodium broth