Crown Roast With Apricot Dressing Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Place roast, bone tips up, on rack in shallow roasting pan. Season with salt and pepper. Make a ball of foil and press into cavity the maintain shape in center.. Wrap bone tips with foil. Insert meat thermometer, making sure the tip does not touch bone. Roast at 325^ until thermometer reaches 150^. Prepare Stuffing: Dissolve sugar and bouillon in hot water; pour over apricots. Let stand 5 minutes. In a large bowl, combine the next 7 ingredients. Then add the softened apricots. Cook celery and onion in butter until tender; add to bread mixture. Remove foil from roast center; pack stuffing lightly into roast. Combine the glaze ingredients; spoon over meat. Return roast to oven until thermometer registers 160^ (roast time is about 2 1/2 to 3 hours total) . Transfer to warm platter; garnish with apricot halves and fresh sage. Slice between the ribs to serve.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Place roast, rib ends up, in a shallow roasting pan; sprinkle with seasoned salt. Cover rib ends with foil. Bake, uncovered, for 1-1/4 hours. , Meanwhile, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and celery; saute until tender. Stir in bread cubes, salt and pepper. Spoon around roast. Brush sides of roast with preserves. Bake until a thermometer inserted into meat between ribs reads 145°, 45-60 minutes. Remove foil; let meat stand 10 minutes before slicing., If desired, thread cranberries on a 20-in. string or thread. Transfer roast to a serving platter. Loop cranberry string in and out of rib ends. Slice between ribs to serve.