Phat Pat Catering, Recipe of the month – Oxtail!

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Oxtail!!!

The ultimate comfort food! Just right to welcome the cold winter nights that is creeping up on us!

“Some foods are so comforting, so nourishing of body and soul, that to eat them is to be home again after a long journey. To eat such a meal is to remember that, though the world is full of knives and storms, the body is built for kindness.”
― Eli Brown, Cinnamon and Gunpowder

Yields : 4 portions

Ingredients :

• 50g Butter
• 30ml Sunflower Oil
• 1 kg Oxtail
• 1/3 cup Flour
• Salt and Pepper
• 150g Onion
• 200g Carrot
• 120g Leeks
• 60g Celery
• 3 large Garlic Cloves
• 2 sprigs Rosemary
• 2 or 220g Tomatoes
• 400 ml Red Wine
• 100 ml Red Wine
• 2 litres of beef stock (500 ml added at a time)

Method :

1. Heat a heavy based pot up. Add butter and oil. Dust the oxtail piece with the flour, salt and pepper mixture. Pan sear these pieces and remove from the pot and set aside
2. Sauté the onions in this same pot. When caramelised add carrots, leeks, celery, garlic and rosemary continue cooking
3. Finish with tomatoes, red wine, and the first beef stock amount of 500ml together with the oxtail pieces. Cook on the lowest heat to allow for a light simmering. Add more stock when this amount has reduced, to the point of not covering the meat, and continue simmering for 8 hours, stirring occasionally. (Chef’s note: you may need to use more stock if unnecessary boiling takes place.)
4. Finish with the 100ml amount of red wine and serve

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