Recipe: Tasty Kleftico (in a slow cooker)

Kleftico (in a slow cooker). This traditional slow cooked lamb is delicious and so tender the meat will fall off the bone. Traditional Kleftiko the way my gran used to make it. Lamb kleftiko is a very easy recipe to make.

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. 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. You can cook Kleftico (in a slow cooker) using 6 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Kleftico (in a slow cooker)

1. Prepare 2 Kg of Leg of mutton or Shoulder of Lamb.
2. Prepare 1 of big onion.
3. You need of Lots of garlic.
4. Prepare Half of a jar of pesto.
5. It's 2 cans of plum tomatos.
6. Prepare of Lots of Rosemary.

Sitting on long communal tables with a steaming foil wrap being delivered to you in a bowl it's genius. Slow roast lamb; a slow-cooker version of the Greek classic. Simple and easy to make in your slow cooker or Instant Pot. These days, it is simply seasoned lamb that's slow-cooked with potatoes until it is so tender it falls off the bone.

Kleftico (in a slow cooker) instructions

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..

The meat is sometimes enclosed in parchment paper or aluminium foil to mimic the thieves (kleftes) method of cooking. These are the best slow cookers you can buy, all tested and recommended by the Good Housekeeping Institute, from Crock-Pot to The tried-and-true slow cooker is a freestanding cooking appliance that allows food to be cooked at a low and steady temperature, similar to braising in an oven. How do you make chicken & dumplings in a slow cooker? This recipe is broken down into two parts: cooking chicken and cooking biscuits. First, you lay boneless skinless chicken breasts over a bed of onion in your slow cooker, then pour cream of chicken soup and chicken broth on top.

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