Roast Lamb With Cranberry Glaze

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 (16 ounce) cans jellied cranberry sauce
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup cranberry juice
• 1 teaspoon mustard powder
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 4 pounds lamb roast
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons cold water
• salt to taste

Recipe

• mash cranberry sauce with a fork or a potato masher. stir in sugar, cranberry juice, mustard, and cloves.
• place lamb roast in a large, roasting pan. pour cranberry sauce mixture over the roast.
• cook at 275 degree f (135 degrees c) for 6 to 8 hours, or until meat is tender. remove roast, and keep warm.
• with a metal spoon, skim the fat from the liquid in the roasting pan. pour 2 cups of the remaining roasting liquid (add water to fill out the measure if necessary) into a small saucepan. bring to a boil over medium-high heat. blend cornstarch and cold water to make a paste; stir gradually into boiling liquid. continue cooking, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens. add salt to taste. serve with the roast.