Seeded Lamb Roast

Total Time: 5 hrs 8 mins Preparation Time: 8 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (2 1/2-3 lb) boneless lamb shoulder
• 1 tablespoon reduced sodium soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons anise seeds, crushed
• 2 teaspoons fennel seeds, crushed
• 2 teaspoons caraway seeds, crushed
• 2 teaspoons celery seeds, crushed
• 2/3 cup apple juice or 2/3 cup apple cider
• 1/2 cup reduced-sodium beef broth
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch

Recipe

• 1 brush soy sauce over meat.
• 2 on a large piece of foil combine anise seeds, fennel seeds, caraway seeds, and celery seeds.
• 3 roll roast in seeds to coat evenly.
• 4 place meat in slow cooker.
• 5 pour 1/3 cup of the apple juice and the broth around meat.
• 6 cover and cook on low-heat setting for 9 to 11 hours or on high-heat setting for 4-1/2 to 5-1/2 hours.
• 7 transfer meat to a cutting board, reserving cooking liquid.
• 8 slice meat and transfer to a serving platter.
• 9 cover meat to keep warm.
• 10 for gravy:.
• 11 strain cooking liquid and skim off fat. transfer cooking liquid to a small saucepan. in a small bowl, combine the remaining 1/3 cup apple juice and the cornstarch, stir into liquid in saucepan.
• 12 cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly.
• 13 cook and stir for 2 minutes more.
• 14 serve gravy over meat.