Absolutely Addictive Roast Lamb Sandwiches

Total Time: 2 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 lbs lamb roast
• sea salt
• freshly cracked pepper, to taste
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 (1 ounce) package mccormack au jus mix
• 3 1/2 cups water
• 1 lb monterey jack pepper cheese, sliced thin
• french bread (or any type of rolls with a crust that is not super crusty) or italian bread (or any type of rolls with a crust that is not super crusty)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees farenheit.
• 2 sprinkle lamb roast with salt and pepper and place on a rack in a roasting pan.
• 3 roast for two hours or until temperature of center of lamb registers 150-160 degrees (145 degrees is the new "safe" temp for lamb.).
• 4 melt butter over roast while it is still in the roasting pan.
• 5 remove roast from pan, saving the drippings and juice.
• 6 add au jus mix and water to drippings and cook according to directions on package.
• 7 place bread in the oven (which has been turned off just after the roast is done) and let it crisp a bit. the heat will help to melt the cheese better than just the heat of the meat will.
• 8 let roast cool for about 10 minutes, then slice thinly.
• 9 pile lamb and cheese on bread while meat is still hot.
• 10 serve with au jus dipping gravy on the side and lots o' napkins.