Pineapple Lamb Roast

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 small onion, sliced
• 1/4 cup sliced celery
• 1/4 cup sliced carrot
• 1 (3 lb) rolled boneless lamb loin roast
• salt and pepper
• 1 small bay leaf, crumbled
• 1/2 cup pineapple juice
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup apricot preserves
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch

Recipe

• 1 arrange vegetables in a greased roasting pan. season roast with salt and pepper, place roast over vegetables, fat side up, and sprinkle bay leaf on top.
• 2 insert meat thermometer horizontally into one end of roast. bake at 325f for 30 to 45 minutes or until browned; turn roast over and bake 30 minutes to brown bottom side. turn roast over again and drain off drippings.
• 3 combine pineapple juice and soy sauce; pour over roast , and bake 15 minutes or until therm. reads 160°f.
• 4 remove roast from oven, strain and reserve drippings from vegetables, and sprinkle vegetables over roast.
• 5 combine preserves and cornstarch, add to drippings. cook over medium heat until thickened, stirring constantly with a whisk or wooden spoon. spoon some of the glaze ovber roast; let stand 10 minutes. serve with remaining glaze.