Lamb Kleftiko
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.
Ingredients
- 4 lamb shanks
- 1 lb. new potatoes
- 2 red peppers sliced thin
- 2 medium red onion cut into chunks
- 1 cup feta cheese crumbled
- 4 cloves garlic peeled and chopped
- ¾ cup olive oil
- 2 lemons juiced
- 3 tbsp oregano
- 1 tbsp rosemary
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Prepare the vegetables by slicing the potatoes in half, cutting the onions in half and then again into four wedges. Remove the tops from the red peppers, and discard the seeds. Cut the peppers into ½ inch slices.
- Add all the vegetables to a bowl and top with the feta cheese
- To make the marinade, add ½ cup of the olive oil to a small bowl and add in the juice of one lemon.
- Next, add in 2 tablespoons of the oregano and the rosemary, whisk until combined. Pour the marinade over the vegetables and toss gentle with your hands
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Lay 2 sheets of parchment paper in a criss-cross pattern (forming a star shape) You will need to do this four times, once for each lamb shank.
- Place one lamb shank in the middle of where the 2 sheets intersect. Place some of the vegetable mixture around each lamb shank.
- Drizzle each lamb shank with the remaining olive oil, a sprinkle of oregano, salt and pepper. Make several small slits in each lamb shank and insert a garlic clove in each one.
- Bring the sides of the parchment paper to the middle, twist and tie with the kitchen string. Place each bundle on a baking sheet.
- Place the baking sheet in the oven and roast the lamb for 2 hours, until tender.
- Remove the bundles from the oven, cut the string and carefully open each lamb bundle. Using a spoon, baste the lamb with the juices from the bundle.
- Increase the oven temperature to 400 degrees and place the baking sheet back in the oven to roast for 10 minutes. Lamb and potatoes should be nicely browned
- Remove the baking sheet from the oven and place the contents of each bundle in a serving bowl. Add more lemon juice if desired. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
Serving: 4gCalories: 838kcalCarbohydrates: 39gProtein: 49gFat: 55gSaturated Fat: 14gCholesterol: 161mgSodium: 579mgPotassium: 1283mgFiber: 8gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 2116IUVitamin C: 132mgCalcium: 318mgIron: 7mg
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