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Lamb Kleftiko is a classic Greek recipe for slow cooked lamb, baked in parchment paper until it's fall-off-the bone tender! Baked along with potatoes, red peppers, and onions, basted in a marinade of olive oil, lemon and herbs giving it a true taste of the Mediterranean.

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the traditional greek dish lamb keffiko is served with potatoes and carrots

Looking for a new and flavorful way to cook lamb, we think you’ll love this greek recipe. We show you how to cook a lamb kleftiko. A whole leg of lamb slow-roasted in the oven for 5 hours to create melt in the mouth lamb and potatoes with onion and peppers. It can also be prepared using other bone-in cuts, such as half a shoulder or lamb shank, simpy half the quantity of other ingredients used, and check the cooking times for all sizes, given in the blog post above.

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Jamie Oliver Lamb Kleftiko

Jamie Oliver Lamb Kleftiko is made with leg of lamb, garlic, oregano, rosemary, lemon, cinnamon, olive oil, potatoes, and bay leaves. This traditional greek Lamb Kleftiko recipe creates a hearty dinner that takes about 5½ hours to prepare and can serve up to 6 people.

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a piece of meat sitting on top of foil covered in vegetables and potatoes with seasoning

This very popular roast, that dates back to the days of the Greek Revolution, is wrapped in parchment paper, which allows the lamb to cook perfectly, creating juicy and tender, melt-in-the-mouth meat with fluffy potatoes, infused with the flavours of lemon, garlic, and oregano.

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Lamb Kleftiko is a classic Greek lamb recipe where lamb is cooked within a parchment parcel to seal in all of the delicious flavour and keep it moist. The lamb is first marinated in an incredible mix of herbs, lemons and spices and then slow cooked on top of a bed of vegetables. It gets a final flourish with crumbled feta and parsley. With a modest amount of prep time, this is the ultimate Sunday or weekend roast all in one tray! This is a pushy recipe Dear Reader.

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