Applesauce Topped Lamb Loin Roast

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (4 lb) lamb loin roast
• 1 cup prepared applesauce
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons vinegar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 garlic clove, cut in strips
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon prepared mustard

Recipe

• 1 in a small bowl combine applesauce, brown sugar, vinegar and ground cloves, set aside.
• 2 cut slits in top of the loin roast and insert garlic strips into those slits.
• 3 combine flour, salt, sugar, pepper and mustard, like a rub and rub over the roast.
• 4 place roast on a rack in a shallow roasting pan.
• 5 bake uncovered, at 350°f until a thermometer reads 160 degrees.
• 6 brush applesauce mixture over roast during the last 1/2 hour of baking.
• 7 when thermometer reads done, remove the roast to a warm serving platter.
• 8 to make gravy thicken broth in pan with cornstarch and water.
• 9 (really sweet gravy though).