lamb kleftiko - what cut of lamb ?

jenster

i saw this being cooked on a greek cookery programme
that i had sky+ and it looks lovley

what cut of lamb would be best to use for this pls ?

i want to do it in the slow cooker any hints / tips pls ?

hotcookie101

You can use any cut of lamb really as long as its on the bone, I tend to use shoulder or lamb shanks. I do it one of 2 ways, one is a rick stein recipe from mediterranean escape, where you cook in a casserole-I just shove chunks of lamb shoulder (on the bone butcher needs to do this really unless you have a very good cleaver/bone saw or lamb shanks work well with this one), potatoes onions oregano bay and lemon juice and a bit of water and cook for about 4 hours. I also do a more traditional one (I think, it was the first recipe I tried, maybe traditional for me lol) where you rub the lamb with olive oil, lemon juice oregano and put it on a layer of potatoes within a parcel of greaseproof paper (about 3-4 layers) making sure all the oil and lemon juice stays in the parcel. You can do this without the potatoes, but they are traditional. Sometimes this is nice with cheese too
I don't use carrots in it though, and I have to say I use the Rick Stein recipe more than any other now. MMM have lamb shanks in freezer may have to have kleftiko soon
I usually serve with greens of some kind-cabbage kale springs greens etc

Sorry, just realised mentioned nothing about the slow cooker. I wouldn't use one for this (I prefer the roasted effect you get in casserole in the oven) but I don't see why you couldn't use it-but no idea about timings, 8 hours on low always seems the default setting, so try that just don't add much water so you don't end up with that liquidy end result. I'm not sure if the greaseproof one would work-maybe better than the other I suppose. But I do like the edges of roasted meat (and even if the casserole is done in oven with lid on, you always seem to get a more roasted taste iykwim)