Lamb with Honey
- 5 12-6 lbs leg of lamb
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 14 teaspoon pepper
- 12 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
- 1 cup apple cider or 1 cup apple juice
- 23 cup honey
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 6 medium potatoes, peeled and thinley sliced
- 5 tablespoons butter
- 2 medium onions, thinly sliced
- Line a shallow roasting pan with foil.
- Rub meat with mixture of ginger, salt and pepper.
- Place fat side up in roasting pan.
- Sprinkle with Rosemary.
- Combine cider and honey, set aside.
- Bake lamb, uncovered for 1 hour in a 325 degree oven.
- Pour honey mix over meat.
- Bake 1 1/2 hours more basting occasionally with pan juices.
- Remove meat to platter.
- Keep warm.
- Remove and discard fat from pan drippings.
- Measure 1 cup pan juices.
- In sauce pan mix cornstarch with 1 tbl water, add the 1 cup of pan juices.
- Cook and stir till thickened.
- Cook and stir 2 minutes more.
- Serve with Onion Cake.
- Onion Cake: In a well greased 2 quart casserole, place 1/3 of the potatoes, sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Dot with 1 tbl butter.
- Top with 1/2 the onions.
- Dot with 1 tbl butter.
- Repeat layers, ending with potatoes and the remaining butter.
- Bake covered for 1 hour at 325 degrees.
- Uncover and bake 30 minutes more.
lamb, ground ginger, salt, pepper, rosemary, apple cider, honey, cornstarch, potatoes, butter, onions
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/lamb-with-honey-50615 (may not work)