Uncle Bill's Rack Of Lamb With Apricot/cranberry Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 3/4 cup apricot jam
• 8 ounces cranberries, fresh or frozen
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 1/2-3 lbs lamb rib racks, about 6 ribs
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 f.
• 2 in a medium-size saucepan, add apricot jam, cranberries, orange juice, cinnamon and cloves and bring to a gentle simmer, stirring occasionally.
• 3 cook until sauce lightly thickens and cranberries begin to break apart, abou 15 to 20 minutes.
• 4 remove sauce from heat and set aside.
• 5 season rack of lamb generously with salt and pepper.
• 6 place the rack of lamb in a small roasting pan; standing with ribs up.
• 7 roast the lamb uncovered in preheated 350 f oven for 30 minutes.
• 8 brush lamb ribs with 1/2 cup of sauce.
• 9 continue to roast, uncovered for another 20 minutes.
• 10 brush again with another 1/2 cup of sauce.
• 11 continue roasting, uncovered for 30 minutes longer or until meat thermometer inserted in the center of the lamb registers 160 f.
• 12 brush rack of lamb with a little more sauce, then let rest for 10 minutes to allow juices to set before cutting between ribs.
• 13 serve with remaining sauce alongside lamb.