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

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Every Month We Help Millions Find the Best Slow Cooker & More. Kleftiko is a traditional Greek recipe for tender slow cooked lamb. The name translates as 'bandit's lamb', meat that was stolen and cooked in a pit to avoid detection. These days, it is simply seasoned lamb that's slow-cooked with potatoes until it is so tender it falls off the bone.

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 that.

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

Enjoy leftovers the next day in warm flatbread. Add the tomatoes, olives, bay leaves, rosemary and spice mix. Stir well then add the stock and wine, then return the lamb back to the dish and bring to the boil. Skim off any fat and serve.

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. Kleftico (in a slow cooker)1. When the meat is nice and brown add chopped garlic onion tomato and pesto and bring to the boil
  2. Put 4 or 5 sprigs of Rosemary into a pre heated slow cooker
  3. Then pour the meat and liquid on top. This way the Rosemary infuses lots of flavour into the meat as it cooks.
  4. Cook on low for HOURS. I did mine for 6 hours but longer is OK too
  5. 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.
  6. I served with a potato & veg crush. You could do rice or roast spuds too if you want.

Stir well then add the stock and wine, then return the lamb back to the dish and bring to the boil. Skim off any fat and serve. Last summer my manager decided to go for holidays in Greece. He did travel to some places but stayed longer at Paros where he surfed and did try a lot of the local dishes but also some more traditional ones. Lamb kleftiko is a very easy recipe to make.

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