Kleftico (in a slow cooker). 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.
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)
- It’s 2 Kg of Leg of mutton or Shoulder of Lamb.
- It’s 1 of big onion.
- It’s of Lots of garlic.
- Prepare Half of a jar of pesto.
- It’s 2 cans of plum tomatos.
- Prepare of 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.
Kleftico (in a slow cooker) step by step
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..
When the meat is nice and brown add chopped garlic onion tomato and pesto and bring to the boil.
Put 4 or 5 sprigs of Rosemary into a pre heated slow cooker.
Then pour the meat and liquid on top. This way the Rosemary infuses lots of flavour into the meat as it cooks..
Cook on low for HOURS. I did mine for 6 hours but longer is OK too.
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..
I served with a potato & veg crush. You could do rice or roast spuds too if you want..
Serve this lamb kleftiko with some creamy Greek yoghurt and some rice for a complete meal. Healthy: Slow cookers typically create healthier meals. This is because they rarely require oils or fats in the cooking process. The food is left to simmer in Slow cooker recipes are also normally packed full of vegetables and pulses, which is a great way of getting the family eating more healthily without. 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. the kleftico is very traditional. it is very good. i would have again. over a year ago Problem with this answer?
