Crown Roast of Pork with Sausage Stuffing

Preparation

1. Step 1

   Preheat oven to 350°F. Place rack in roasting pan. Cover rack with foil. Place pork atop rack. Roast pork uncovered 1 hour.

   Step 2

   Butter 8 x 8 x 2-inch glass baking dish. Remove pork from oven; fill cavity with 1 1/2 cups stuffing, mounding in center. Transfer remaining stuffing to prepared baking dish. Cover with aluminum foil. Moisten pork roast and stuffing in dish with total of 1/4 cup broth. Cover stuffing in pork cavity with foil.

   Step 3

   Return pork to oven. Place stuffing in dish in oven. Roast pork and stuffing in dish until thermometer inserted into center of pork registers 155°F, basting roast occasionally with drippings, about 45 minutes for stuffing in dish and 55 minutes for roast. Transfer pork to platter and cover; let stand while preparing gravy.

   Step 4

   Boil 1 3/4 cups broth and vermouth in large saucepan until reduced by half, about 15 minutes. Mix 3 tablespoons butter and flour in small bowl. Whisk into broth mixture. Boil until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes. Mix in bacon. Season with salt and pepper. Carve pork between bones into chops. Pass gravy separately.