Fabulous Oxtail

Total Time: 3 hrs 43 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 oxtails
• 3 carrots
• 3 medium onions
• 3 stalks celery
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 6 tablespoons plum jam
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 cups beef stock
• 2 cups red wine
• salt & pepper

Recipe

• 1 trim fat from the ox tails and cut into sections between the joints.
• 2 peel the carrots and onions, trim the celery and cut into even-sized pieces about. heat the oil and butter in a frying pan and brown the oxtail well on all sides.
• 3 transfer the meat to a large casserole. add the vegetables to the pan and toss regularly until they are well browned.
• 4 add the flour and cook for 2 - 3 minutes until flour begins to brown lightly.
• 5 add the plum jam, vinegar, sugar, beef stock, red wine and bouquet garni and stir well to make a smooth mixture. bring to the boil and then pour over the oxtail.
• 6 cover and cook at 150 c for 3 hours until the meat is very tender and falling off the bone. taste the sauce and season with salt and pepper if needed.
• 7 (don't forget to remove the bouquet garni.) if possible, leave the casserole to stand overnight to allow the fat to rise and set. skim off fat and re-heat. serve with creamy mashed potatoes with chopped parsley.
• 8 note:-if the sauce needs to be thicker mix an extra tablespoon of flour with 2 tablespoons butter and stir into the casserole bit by bit 5 minutes before serving.
• 9 cheers, doreen doreen randal, wanganui.
• 10 new zealand.