Looking for oxtail soup recipe-lost mine (celery, carrots, mustard, nutmeg)

[pioneer3156]

Hi Folks,

Just picked up some oxtails to make soup for my Hubs, but I can't locate the recipe I used. I haven't made it in about 5 years. But I think it was a two day process. It would be great if you actually used the recipe that you recommend.

Thanks,

Pioneer

[Wilson513]

5 lb oxtails cut in 2" cylinders
brown on all sides in oven ready stainless pot in a very little vegetable oil
add rough chopped carrots, celery and opnion
salt pepper, bay leaves (3), garlic
canned Swanson beef broth to cover reserve a cup to thin the gravy
lid on
oven for 3 hours at 325 check liquid - you don't want the veges to dry out before they collapse into the gravy
Remove the stew and add a stick of butter, some Wondra stirred in, and a little new beef broth to thin

The meat will fall out of the cartilage.
Serve over wide fettuccine noodles

Please do not put a lot of extraneous flavors in this dish
oxtails have a marvelous beefy flavor and are not helped by a bunch of random spices or strong flavored vegetables. No raw potatoes (they make it a starchy mess). Add a turnip or rutabaga if you are going to skip the noodles

Want soup? Add 50-50 beef broth and water times 4 when you start and cook on the range top at a simmer. Skip the gravy making part. But why soup when you can have the real thing.

[pioneer3156]

Thanks for this recipe.

Pioneer

[profnot]

Late to the party, here. You might want this slow cooker recipe for your files.


Oxtail stew - slow cooker

3 oz fatty bacon, chopped
Oil
1 t dried Italian parsley
1 t dried Thyme
1 bay leaf
1 Tbsp butter
1 onion, chopped
2 small carrots, sliced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 t nutmeg, ground
1/2 t Worcestershire sauce
1/2 t dijon mustard
1.25 lbs meaty oxtail pieces
1/2 lb mushrooms, crimini, sliced
8 small or 5 lg shallots, roughly chopped
8 tiny potatoes, halved, optional
1 c beef broth
1 c hearty red wine

Preheat slow cooker on high.

Put bacon in lg skillet and cook 3 minutes. Add herbs, nutmeg, onion, carrot, garlic, dijon, and Worcestershire sauce. Cook on med high until onion is lightly carmelized. Transfer to slow cooker.

Add butter and oxtail pieces to skillet. Brown on all sides over med heat - a few minutes each side. Remove oxtails to slow cooker.

Add mushrooms, shallots (and potatoes) to skillet. Cook until shallots turn golden and soft. Stir to bring up brown bits. Transfer all to slow cooker. Stir contents of slow cooker. Add wine and 2/3c broth and stir again.

Cook on low for 6 hours or more. If more liquid is needed while cooking, add rest of broth. Add liquid only once. Cook until meat is done, 180F, and falling off bone.

Skim any foam off top and serve hot.

[eureka1]

The New Yorker, on Dec 7, published a recipe for borsht(sp) made with oxtails that looked yummy.

[jambo101]

Jamie Oliver makes a good Oxtail stew = https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/...d-oxtail-stew/