Kleftico (in a slow cooker)
Kleftico (in a slow cooker)

Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, kleftico (in a slow cooker). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Kleftiko… the original slow cooked Greek lamb (or traditionally goat) recipe. Nothing will send your taste buds to a Greek Cypriot taverna quite like. I cook my kleftiko in a traditional clay pot but I also show you how you can make kleftiko in a roasting tray, Dutch oven, slow cooker or whatever you usually cook your roast in.

Kleftico (in a slow cooker) is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Kleftico (in a slow cooker) is something that I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have kleftico (in a slow cooker) using 6 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Kleftico (in a slow cooker):
  1. Get 2 Kg Leg of mutton or Shoulder of Lamb
  2. Make ready 1 big onion
  3. Make ready Lots of garlic
  4. Make ready Half a jar of pesto
  5. Make ready 2 cans plum tomatos
  6. Take Lots of Rosemary

Juicy, tender, melt-in-the-mouth Greek lamb Lamb kleftiko is a rustic, traditional Greek recipe made with slow cooked lamb, first marinated in garlic This traditional recipe was originally cooked in an earth oven, a simple pit in the ground. In essence this was the original slow cooked Greek lamb recipe (or slow cooked Cypriot lamb to be specific). My first experience of Lamb Kleftiko was in the Troodos mountains, but minus the bandits. Sitting on long communal tables with a steaming foil wrap being delivered to you in a bowl it's genius.

Steps to make Kleftico (in a slow cooker):
  1. First pre heat the slow cooker. Then cut the mutton into 4 or 5 big chunks and brown in a thick pan. Make sure there is bit of fat on the meat. Without some fat it wont be nice.
  2. When the meat is nice and brown add chopped garlic onion tomato and pesto and bring to the boil
  3. Put 4 or 5 sprigs of Rosemary into a pre heated slow cooker
  4. Then pour the meat and liquid on top. This way the Rosemary infuses lots of flavour into the meat as it cooks.
  5. Cook on low for HOURS. I did mine for 6 hours but longer is OK too
  6. At the end of the cooking time I had far too much liquid so I returned it to the pot and reduced the liquid on a high heat.
  7. I served with a potato & veg crush. You could do rice or roast spuds too if you want.

Simple and easy to make in your slow cooker or Instant Pot. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and then rub over your lamb shoulder. Season liberally with salt and pepper, transfer to a suitable lidded container and leave to marinate in the fridge overnight. After this time, check the consistency of the juices. Slow roast lamb; a slow-cooker version of the Greek classic.

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