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

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, kleftico (in a slow cooker). One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Kleftico (in a slow cooker) is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Kleftico (in a slow cooker) is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice 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 recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook 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. Take 2 Kg Leg of mutton or Shoulder of Lamb
  2. Make ready 1 big onion
  3. Get Lots of garlic
  4. Prepare Half a jar of pesto
  5. Get 2 cans plum tomatos
  6. Take Lots of Rosemary

Add the browned potatoes to the slow cooker and mix well. Add the lamb back to the slow cooker to heat through once more. Check the seasoning, adding more if necessary. Slow cooker lamb kleftiko recipe - Greek food at its glorious best!

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.
  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.

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. This delightful Greek dish is a favourite in our household. In this dish, lamb shanks are slow cooked in stock and white wine with vegetables and herbs. I absolutely love using my homemade spice mix for this recipe.

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