Pueblo Indian Lamb Roast

Total Time: 4 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 cups onions, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 4 dried juniper berries, crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon coriander seed, crushed
• 1 bay leaf
• 4 large ripe tomatoes, quartered and seeded
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 2/3 cup cider vinegar
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1 tablespoon ground new mexico red chili
• 1 medium-hot dried new mexico chile, crushed
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate square, grated
• 5 lbs lamb rib roast

Recipe

• 1 heat oil in a large heavy saucepan and saute onions in it over medium heat until soft.
• 2 add garlic, juniper berries, coriander seed and bay leaf and saute for 2 to 3 minutes longer.
• 3 add tomatoes, water,vinegar, honey, ground and crushed chile and salt.
• 4 simmer, covered, for 30 minutes.
• 5 add chocolate and simmer, uncovered, for 20 to 30 minutes, until fairly thick.
• 6 preheat oven to 350 degrees farenheit.
• 7 place roast fat side up in a roasting pan and baste generously with the sauce.
• 8 roast for about 3 hours, basting occasionally with sauce and pan drippings.
• 9 let roast sit for 10 minutes in a warm place before carving.
• 10 slice and spoon additional sauce over each portion.