Lamb Roast With Coffee-orange Gravy

Total Time: 1 hr 47 mins Preparation Time: 12 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 3 -4 lbs lamb loin
• 2 medium onions, peeled and sliced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1 teaspoon rosemary
• 2 teaspoons orange zest
• 2 teaspoons dry mustard
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 2 cups coffee flavored wine (or more)
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 4 tablespoons cold water
• 10 ounces orange juice

Recipe

• 1 allow the lamb to sit out until it is room temperature for better browning.
• 2 heat the oven to 350 degrees.
• 3 mix seasonings, rub into lamb on all sides.
• 4 heat oven pan on top of stove with the oil to the smoke point. add lamb and allow to brown undisturbed for about 4 minutes per side, to a good brown color, turning to brown on all sides.
• 5 lift out roast, to a plate, for a minute, while you add a layer of sliced onions to the bottom of the pan. return lamb to the pan, on top of the onion slices. pour in the coffee flavored wine to about 1 inch, depth.
• 6 cover pan tightly with foil. bake 25 minutes per pound at 350 degrees
• 7 when it's time has come, remove the meat to a serving platter to rest for 10 to 15 minutes, before carving.
• 8 meanwhile heat the pan liquids on top of the stove to the boil point.
• 9 mix the cornstarch with cold water and pour gently into the pan liquids, whisking all the while. this is good gravy, but it gets better.
• 10 when the gravy is thickened a bit too much, and you think "oh-oh" this is the time to bring in the orange juice. (dumb luck and brilliant last minute save!).
• 11 add the orange juice to the gravy, whisking.
• 12 serve this delicious concoction atop mashed potatoes and the lamb.