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

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, kleftico (in a slow cooker). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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

This recipe NEEDS a long and slow cooking time which is why your crockpot is perfect for it. Avoid opening the lid as this ADDS time to your recipe - every time you open the lid the temperature will drop. Your Kleftiko will look a little grey and unappealing after several hours in the moist heat of the slow cooker.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. 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. Prepare 2 Kg Leg of mutton or Shoulder of Lamb
  2. Take 1 big onion
  3. Get Lots of garlic
  4. Make ready Half a jar of pesto
  5. Make ready 2 cans plum tomatos
  6. Get Lots of Rosemary

I absolutely love using my homemade spice mix for this recipe. Slow cooker lamb kleftiko recipe - Greek food at its glorious best! This was one of the most popular recipes on my old blog, Slow Cooked in Blighty (still worth a check for many scrummy slow cooker recipes) so I thought I would treat you with this Greek classic, a slow cooker lamb kleftiko recipe. It is really, seriously delicious- and low-effort, to boot.

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.
  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.

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. Slow Cooker Greek Lamb Kleftiko is one of the traditional Greek food that the lamb tastes tender and delicious. It produces the rich flavor from the herbs used in the cooking process, like oregano, cinnamon stick, thyme leaves, and much more. Moreover, you can make this at home by merely following the easy recipe explained below.

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