Easiest Way to Make Quick Kleftico (in a slow cooker)

Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, kleftico (in a slow cooker). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Lamb kleftiko is a very easy recipe to make. You can cook lamb kleftiko in the oven or in a crockpot or slow cooker. The lamb in kleftiko is slow-cooked so. Place the lamb in a roasting pan.

Kleftico (in a slow cooker) is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Kleftico (in a slow cooker) is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

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

The ingredients needed to make Kleftico (in a slow cooker):

1. Prepare 2 Kg Leg of mutton or Shoulder of Lamb
2. Make ready 1 big onion
3. Prepare Lots of garlic
4. Prepare Half a jar of pesto
5. Prepare 2 cans plum tomatos
6. Get Lots of Rosemary

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. The slow cooker mimics the traditional way of cooking kleftico which is to seal it in a paper package to keep in the moisture.

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.

Sitting on long communal tables with a steaming foil wrap being delivered to you in a bowl it's genius. The slow cooker mimics the traditional way of cooking kleftico which is to seal it in a paper package to keep in the moisture. Serve this lamb kleftiko with some creamy Greek yoghurt and some rice for a complete meal. The very best traditional Greek lamb kleftiko recipe (kleftico)! 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.

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