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

Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, kleftico (in a slow cooker). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Save on Slow Cookers at JCPenney®. Find Exclusive Deals on Your Favorite Brands at JCP®. 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.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. 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. Prepare 1 big onion
  3. Make ready Lots of garlic
  4. Get Half a jar of pesto
  5. Prepare 2 cans plum tomatos
  6. Prepare Lots of Rosemary

Swap your traditional roast lamb for Rick Stein's Greek slow-cooked lamb kleftiko. 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.

Instructions 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.

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. 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.

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