Oxtail.................?

Lilyplonk

I cook it in beef stock in the SC along with as many veggies as I can get my hands on at the time - leeks, onions, carrots, swede, parsnips, celery and always chuck in a handful of pearl barley as well. If you've never used pearl barley before - you'll only need a small-palm-of-handful.

Oh yes - I add some dumplings to it as well :drool:. As there's no potatoes, you can serve with mash, if liked.

babyshoes

Mmm, love oxtail. I stew it on low for a very long time, either on the hob or in the oven. I like to add red wine - half to whole bottle depending on how much oxtail there is, along with usual stock cube, herbs and stew veg. I like carrots and lots of parsnips in mine. It's done when the meat comes off the bones with a gentle prod from a wooden spoon. Serve with the bones and use fingers to get to the little bits still clinging on and to suck out the marrow.

Soworried

Bumping to subscribe so that I can find the thread again

DigForVictory

Why do I stumble on this delicious sounding thread after the shops have shut?!
Pretty sure trying to remove tail from cow three fields over will end in tears but oxtail soup is a special treat dish from my schooldays.

Halal butchers, eh? I'll ask the local chap first - he's sourced all sorts of fun for the family...

bitsandpieces

You've started getting ox cheek in some tescos now, too. Another lovely cut for cooking slowly (will be trying it in a chilli next week )

Steve059

I sometimes see trays of oxtails in our local ASDA.

I really ought to get some and try to recreate my Mum's oxtail stews. I remember them simmering away like a prop' for Act 4 Scene 1 of Macbeth. The meat had fallen off the bones and with these floating in the stew, it looked like it had been made from a small dinosaur.

Soworried

I got it YS for £1.73 at Tesco, I've never cooked it before but I love oxtail soup.

I'm trying to decide what to make with it, most recipes contain red wine but don't have any and I'd prefer not to buy any

kerri_gt

You can prob sub the red wine for stock, add some flavor depth with Worcester sauce and herbs. Or you could try using dark ale /stout if you have some. Trick with oxtail is long and slow. I actually left mine to cool overnight when I make oxtail stew, then skimmed any fat from the top and heated up what I wanted to use that day. Find dishes like stew, hotpot Md casserole are always better the day after making when all the flavours have really had time to infuse and mix.

Oh, cranberry sauce is good in beef recipes too.

meritaten

I saw oxtail in our local Morrisons a couple of days ago. along with cuts not usually associated with supermarkets. for example lamb hearts. I haven't seen or cooked those in years! my MIL was very partial to them and even back in the nineties I had to order them from the butcher! apparently they are delicious! I used to Stuff them with Breadcrumbs, onion and sage and rosemary. then brown them in a pan and make a gravy. braise in the gravy for an hour or three! Smelled lovely but I couldn't bring myself to try one!

meritaten

Soworried wrote: »

I got it YS for £1.73 at Tesco, I've never cooked it before but I love oxtail soup.

I'm trying to decide what to make with it, most recipes contain red wine but don't have any and I'd prefer not to buy any

either use a good beef stock, a bottle of Guinness or brown ale. and lots of onion, carrot and celery. oh and cook it for at least 8 hours. a slow cooker would be ideal but it needs to be brought up to boiling point first.