Juicy Tender (cabbage Wrapped) Lamb Roast

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (3 lb) boneless lamb loin roast
• 1 large head of cabbage
• 1 bunch green onions or 1 bunch use string
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh coarse ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups chicken bouillon

Recipe

• 1 remove 6-8 outer leaves of cabbage.
• 2 cut thick rib out of the center of the leaf, just the thick part only, cutting in no farther than 1/4-1/3 of the leaf.
• 3 cut off root ends of green onions, (you'll need a small bunch), separate leaves.
• 4 in dutch oven or pot, bring 3 qts. water to a boil. cook cabbage leaves in boiling water for 3-5 minutes til pliable.
• 5 with tongs, remove cabbage leaves to colander.
• 6 add green onions to boiling water and blanch 10 seconds til just wilted.
• 7 drain and pat dry with paper towel.
• 8 preheat oven to 350º. trim all fat from roast.
• 9 in very small bowl, mix thyme, pepper and 1 teaspoons salt. rub roast with thyme mixture.
• 10 wrap roast in wilted cabbage leaves.
• 11 tie leaves with green onions. if you have trouble with this, you can always use string. (you kinda have to tie 2 green onions together to be long enough.).
• 12 place roast in roasting pan, add 2 cups chicken bouillon.
• 13 roast 1 hour, basting 2-3 times with bouillon juices.
• 14 remove and let set at least 10 minutes. remove cabbage and green onions. discard or coarsely chop and serve with roast.
• 15 slice, and serve with strained pan juices.