Saucy Apple Lamb Roast

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 3 1/2 lbs boneless lamb loin roast (double loin, tied)
• 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
• 1 teaspoon coarse salt or 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh coarse ground black pepper
• 3 medium apples, cored and cut into wedges
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup apple juice
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons dry mustard

Recipe

• 1 trim fat from meat.
• 2 cut small slits (about 1/2 inch wide and 1 inch deep) in meat.
• 3 insert a piece of garlic into each slit.
• 4 combine salt, rosemary, and pepper; sprinkle evenly over meat; rub with your fingers.
• 5 place meat on a rack in shallow roasting pan.
• 6 insert a meat thermometer into center of meat.
• 7 roast uncovered in a 325 degree oven for 1 1/4 to 1 3/4 hours or until thermometer registers 145 degrees.
• 8 spoon off any fat.
• 9 meanwhile, in a large bowl combine apples, brown sugar, apple juice, lemon juice, and dry mustard.
• 10 spoon into roasting pan around meat.
• 11 roast uncoverd for 30 to 45 minutes more until thermometer registers 155 degrees.
• 12 remove meat from oven.
• 13 cover with foil; let stand for 10 minutes.
• 14 (the temperature of the meat after standing should be 160 degrees.) remove rack from pan.
• 15 stir apples into pan juices.
• 16 serve with meat.