ROSEMARY PORK LOIN WITH APRICOTS AND CRANBERRIES

Steps:

• You will also need: Heavy kitchen string or twine.
• Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position and heat oven to 250 degrees.
• Turn pork loin fat-side down.
• Slit lengthwise, almost but not quite all the way through, to form a long pocket, leaving a 1/2-inch border of unslit meat at each end.
• Brush cavity with some of the oil, and sprinkle generously with half the salt and pepper and 1 Tb.
• of the rosemary.
• Line cavity with sauteed garlic and apricots; sprinkle in cranberries.
• Tie loin together with kitchen twine or heavy-duty string at 1 1/2-inch intervals.
• Brush with remaining oil, and sprinkle generously with salt and pepper.
• Set roast, fat-side up, diagonally or curved (so it fits) on a large, lipped cookie sheet or jellyroll pan.
• Warm 1/4 cup apple jelly along with the minced garlic and remaining rosemary.
• Brush mixture onto meat.
• Roast until a meat thermometer stuck into the center registers 125 to 130 degrees.
• (Start checking at about 1 1/2 hours.) Remove from oven; raise oven temperature to 400 degrees.
• Brush loin with pan drippings, return to oven, and continue to roast until the loin is golden brown and a meat thermometer stuck into the center registers 155 to 160 degrees, about 20 minutes longer.
• For even more attractive coloring, broil until spotty brown, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Let roast rest 15 to 20 minutes; transfer to a carving board.
• Stir juices around pan to loosen brown bits.
• Pour through a strainer into a small pan, and stir in port, chicken broth and remaining 2 Tbs.
• of jelly; bring to a simmer.
• Mix cornstarch with the cold water; whisk into sauce.
• Simmer until lightly thickened.
• Slice pork and serve with a little sauce.