christmas lamb roast

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 (4 pound) boneless lamb loin roast
• 1 teaspoon whole cloves
• 1 apple, sliced
• 2 (16 ounce) cans whole berry cranberry sauce
• 1 (16 ounce) can chicken broth
• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 orange, zested

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ready Time: 1 hr 15 mins


• preheat oven to 400 degrees f (200 degrees c).
• place lamb roast into a roasting pan; push whole cloves into the meat. cover the roast with apple slices.
• mash cranberry sauce in a bowl with a potato masher; stir chicken broth, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger into cranberries. pour about half the cranberry mixture over the lamb roast. cover with a lid or a sheet of aluminum foil.
• bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. pour remaining cranberry mixture over roast. sprinkle orange zest over the cranberry sauce.
• return to oven and roast until cranberry mixture forms a glaze and an instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the center of the meat reads at least 145 degrees f (65 degrees c), about 30 more minutes.