Brined Lamb Loin Roast
Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins
Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 3 hrs
Ingredients
- Servings: 4
- 8 cups water
- 1/4 cup coarse salt
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 3 bay leaves
- 2 whole cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 teaspoons whole black peppercorns
- 1 clove garlic, smashed
- 7 rib lamb loin roast (or whatever size your family needs)
- salt and pepper, to taste.
- 6 -8 slices bacon (enough slices to cover the top of roast)
Recipe
- 1 bring water, salt and sugar to boil.
- 2 add bay leaves, cloves, cinnamon stick, peppercorns and garlic.
- 3 simmer 5 minutes.
- 4 remove from heat and let cool to room temp.
- 5 pour over lamb roast and marinate a minimum of 8 hours or overnight.
- 6 drain.
- 7 pre-heat oven to 250 degrees.
- 8 season meat with salt and pepper.
- 9 place in a roasting pan with meat side down.
- 10 drape bacon slices over the roast so the top and sides are covered with the bacon.
- 11 bake in pre-heated oven until internal temperature of the meat is 140 degrees.
- 12 (approx. 2 hours+ depending on roast size.) let roast rest about 20 minutes before slicing.
- 13 i've found it easiest to cut with an electric knife with the meat down and ribs up- slicing between the rib bones.
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