Lamb Kleftiko
Traditional Slow-Cooked Greek Lamb Recipe
6
Serves
10 mins
Prep Time
3 hrs
Cook Time
Recipe author
Emily Tsaliagkou
We met Emily Tsaliagkou when she was sharing this delicious Kleftiko lamb at the Homelands Community Day. Emily says this is the recipe she cooks at home, but she cannot take any ownership for it as Kleftiko, the ‘food of thieves’, is a traditional Greek rustic dish with a history and story that goes back some 500 years.
Slow roasted in parchment paper for three hours with garlic, lemon, herbs, red capsicum, kefalotyri cheese, and potatoes to soak up the delicious juices. The melt-in-the-mouth lamb will be deliciously tender.
Serve with lemon, rosemary, and mustard, and enjoy leftovers the next day in warm flatbread. Simply irresistible!
Swap your roast lamb for Emily Tsaliagkou's traditional Greek slow-cooked lamb kleftiko. Roasted in parchment paper (or baking paper and tinfoil) for three hours with garlic, lemon, herbs, red capsicum, kefalotyri cheese, and potatoes to soak up the delicious juices. The melt-in-the-mouth lamb will be deliciously tender. Serve with lemon, rosemary and mustard. Enjoy leftovers the next day in warm flatbread. Simply irresistible!
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Ingredients
1kg Quality Mark butterflied boneless lamb legs
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4 garlic cloves
½ cup extra virgin olive oil
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salt
to taste
black pepper
to taste
1 tsp chilli flakes
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1 lemon
juice and zest
2 Tbsp oregano
2 Tbsp mustard
1kg Agria potatoes
cut in wedges
2 red capsicums
cut in pieces
300g kefalotyri
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in cubes
a sprig fresh rosemary
for garnishing
Method
For the Kleftiko
1
Preheat the oven to 160°C in fan mode.
2
Put the garlic, olive oil, salt, pepper, chili, juice and zest from the lemon, oregano and mustard in a bowl and mix well.
3
Cut the potatoes and capsicums in wedges and put them in a bowl.
4
Cut the lamb into large, fork-sized, pieces and place in another bowl.
5
Spread half the oil mix in the bowl with the potatoes and mix well.
6
Spread the other half of your mixture over the lamb, massaging it in.
7
Cut six baking paper parcels, divide the potatoes across the parcels and place the lamb on top.
8
Put the kefalotyri equally around the potatoes and the lamb, fold the parcels in the baking paper and then in aluminum foil.
9
Place the lamb parcels on a baking tray and cook for 2 ½ hours.
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10
Unfold the food parcels and raise the temperature to 200°C and bake for an additional 30 minutes.
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Serve with lemon, rosemary and mustard.
Nutrition Information per Serving (491g)
This nutrition analysis is based on 6 serves.
Energy
2629kJ (628 kcal)
Protein
47.3g
Total Fat
37.0g
Saturated Fat
11.5g
Carbs
22.9g
Dietary Fibre
7.2g
Sodium
829mg
Iron
6.9mg
Zinc
7.2mg
Vitamin B12
2.4µg
