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

ClaireLR

Oooh I could just eat this now! Thanks for the tip about cooking it the day before to get rid of the fat, I always think casserole/stew tyoe dishes taste so much better the day after anyway (is this just me?) Hope they have some whoopsied oxtail soon!

wendy+5

My mouth is watering at the thought of oxtail stew!

buxtonrabbitgreen

I don't know about oxtail but I used to cook neck of lamb in the pressure cooker when I had one years ago and it always came out very tender. Just fell of the bones.

floss2

Have just picked up some oxtail in Mr T's reductions.....have bunged it in the freezer until I'm off on Friday as I won't have time before then to give it the long slow cooking it needs......

but have just realised I don't have a recipe. And OH (who cooked it last winter, is away until Friday)

Can I brown it off, soften an onion, add beef stock and/or stout, and bung in the oven for several hours? Or does it need something more particular done with it?

Penelope_Penguin

floss2 wrote: »

Can I brown it off, soften an onion, add beef stock and/or stout, and bung in the oven for several hours? Or does it need something more particular done with it?

That's the sort of thing I do with oxtail

I'll add this to the existing thread to keep ideas together.

Penny. x

brokenwings

Morning everyone

I have got teh idea of buying some oxtail and braising it in the slow cooker but I have never cooked it at all before and wondered if you think that will be ok?

I found a recipe in 'cooking on a shoe string' which I THINK should be ok in sc - let me know what you think - it says 2.5 hours in a 160c oven so I am not sure about sc cooking time


basically its browned oxtail, potato, parsnip, carrot, onion, stock, tom puree, vinegar???, parsley, garlic herbs and seasoning

if you have alternative recipes id appreciate them very much

thanks

foreign_correspondent

that sounds lovely - i would guess about 6 hours

Lizzieanne

I cooked oxtail in the slow cooker for the first time a few weeks ago - it was delicious! I didn't have a recipe, but did much the same as you've suggested - browned oxtail, onion, carrot, mushrooms, potato, pearl barley, lentils, tomatoes, herbs, seasoning and beef stock. I did it for about 6 hours, then removed the lumps of oxtail, scraped off the meat them put the meat back in for another couple of hours, on low. I have some more oxtail in the freezer which will be cooked at the weekend.

brokenwings

sounds fab
thanks ladies

thriftlady_2

Now oxtail is one of the things that is really successful cooked in a slow cooker. I'd do it in beer or wine :beer:

Did you buy it at Checketts in Ombersley by any chance?