Lamb Loin Roast With Orange And Grand Marnier

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 -4 lbs lamb loin roast (boneless)
• 1 (8 ounce) can frozen orange juice
• 1 cup water
• 1 whole orange, peeled and sliced
• 3 ounces grand marnier (or to taste)
• 1 pint heavy whipping cream
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• 2 place roast in ungreased baking (roasting) pan, 9x11x2 or larger.
• 3 make enough slits in roast to accommodate number of orange slices.
• 4 push orange slices into slits.
• 5 pour defrosted orange juice over roast.
• 6 add water and mix well with orange juice in bottom of pan.
• 7 sprinkle roast with cloves.
• 8 bake at 300 degrees for approximately 2 hours, or until internal temperature is at 155 degrees.
• 9 baste with sauces every 30 minutes.
• 10 add water to sauce as necessary to prevent total evaporation.
• 11 remove roast from oven and place roast on serving platter.
• 12 reduce oven temperature to 200 degrees.
• 13 place roast back in oven.
• 14 place roasting pan (with sauces) on burner over medium high heat.
• 15 add heavy whipping cream (you may wish to add more grand marnier at this time for taste).
• 16 cook (stirring gently) until slightly thickened (you want a sauce not a gravy).
• 17 lower heat to simmer.
• 18 remove roast from oven and slice in 1/2 inch slices.
• 19 pour sauce into gravy boat and serve.