Katherine Oxtail Stew Food

OXTAIL BRAISED WITH TOMATO AND CELERY (CODA ALLA VACCINARA)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a deep, heavy casserole or pot that can fit all the oxtails in one layer, combine pancetta, carrot, onion and diced celery and enough oil to cover the bottom of the pan (about 3 tablespoons).
• Place pan over medium heat and cook until pancetta renders its fat, about 15 minutes. Season oxtails on all sides with salt and pepper, add to the casserole and brown well on all sides, turning them only after they've browned. Using tongs, remove oxtails from pan and place in a bowl. Set aside.
• Add the tomato paste to the vegetables in the casserole and cook, stirring, until paste caramelizes, about 2 minutes. Stir in wine and mix. Heat to boiling and cook 3 minutes. Add marjoram, cloves and cinnamon and then tomatoes, squishing them between your fingers as they fall into the pan.
• Return oxtails to pan. Liquid must be as high as one-third of the ingredients. If not, add a little water. Bring the liquid to a boil, cover pan and place in oven. Braise for 1 1/2 hours, turning the oxtails now and then.
• Add the remaining celery, then continue cooking until the meat is tender and falling off the bone, about 30 to 60 minutes longer.
• Remove the pan from the oven and let sit for 15 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve on a large platter or in shallow bowls, making sure everyone gets a bit of the pulpy sauce and celery.

INSANELY GOOD OXTAIL STEW

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 220ºC/425ºF/gas 7. Place a large roasting tray in the oven to preheat.
• Carefully remove the hot tray from the oven, then add the oxtail. Season and drizzle over a lug of olive oil, then toss to coat and place in the hot oven for around 20 minutes, or until golden and caramelized.
• Meanwhile, trim and halve the leeks and celery lengthways, then chop into rough 2cm chunks. Peel and chop the carrots into 2cm pieces, then place into a large ovenproof casserole pan over a medium-low heat with 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
• Pick, roughly chop and add the thyme and rosemary leaves, then add the bay and cook for around 20 minutes, or until soft and sweet, stirring frequently.
• Meanwhile, remove the oxtail from the oven and set aside. Reduce the oven temperature to 170ºC/325ºF/gas 3.
• Add the cloves and flour to the veg, stirring well to combine, then pour in the tomatoes and porter (or wine, if using). Add the oxtail and any roasting juices, cover with the beef stock or 1 litre of cold water and stir well.
• Turn the heat up to high and bring to the boil, then pop the lid on and place in the hot oven for around 5 hours, or until the meat falls away from the bone, stirring every hour or so and adding a splash of water to loosen, if needed.
• Remove the pan from the oven and leave to cool for about 10 minutes. Using rubber gloves, strip the meat from the bones and return to the pan, discarding the bones.
• Add a good splash of Worcestershire sauce, season to taste and enjoy with creamy mash and seasonal steamed greens.

OXTAIL STEW WITH DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Season the flour with salt and pepper, then toss the oxtail in it until evenly coated. Heat the oil in a large flameproof casserole. Working in batches, brown the meat really well on all sides. Remove from the pan, then add the veg and garlic and fry for 3-4 mins until starting to colour. Stir in the tomato purée and herbs. Tip the meat back into the pan, pour over the wine, then crumble in the stock cube. Season, cover the pan and braise in the oven for 3 hrs until the meat is meltingly tender. Can be cooked up to 2 days ahead. If you make it ahead, chill in the fridge and lift any fat off the top before reheating.
• To make the dumplings, tip the flour and basil (reserving a few leaves for a garnish) into a food processor with a generous pinch of salt, then blitz until the basil is finely chopped. Add the butter and blitz until it's the texture of breadcrumbs, then gradually add the egg whites until everything comes together. On a floured surface, roll the dumplings into small, walnut-size balls, then cover with a tea towel until ready to cook.
• To serve, bring a large pan of salted water to the boil. Simmer dumplings for 15 mins, then remove with a slotted spoon. While the dumplings are cooking, gently reheat the meat in the sauce. Serve a few chunks of meat in a soup bowl with a few dumplings, drizzled with olive oil and scattered with a few basil leaves.

AFRICAN-STYLE OXTAIL STEW

Steps:

• Place celery, garlic, tomato paste, bouillon cubes, and water into a large Dutch oven; stir until the tomato paste has dissolved. Add peppercorns and bay leaves, place over medium heat and bring to a simmer.
• Meanwhile, heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add oxtail and cook until browned on all sides, about 10 minutes. Remove oxtail from hot oil and place into Dutch oven. Pour out all but 1 tablespoon of oil from the skillet, reduce heat to medium, and cook the onion until softened and translucent, about 5 minutes; add to oxtail.
• Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer for 2 1/2 hours. Season with salt and pepper, recover, and continue to cook until the oxtail is tender, but not falling off of the bone, about 30 minutes.
• Remove oxtail pieces and place into a serving dish. Add kidney beans to Dutch oven and return to a simmer. Thicken with cornstarch dissolved in water, simmer for 1 minute until thickened and clear. Pour sauce over the oxtail.

HEARTY OXTAIL SOUP RECIPE

Steps:

• Season oxtail well on all sides with salt and pepper.
• In a dutch oven (or large pot), drizzle olive oil all over the bottom and brown all sides of each ox tail. Once they are all brown, remove and place them in a bowl. Add the onion and garlic to the pot, sautee until soft and translucent.
• Return the oxtail, plus all the juices that have collected in the bowl, into your dutch oven. Add the spinach and kale and pour in the beef broth. Cover, bring it to a boil and then reduce heat. Let it simmer for 3 hours. Once the meat is tender and falling off the bone, toss in the carrots and cook until they are soft.
• This dish is thicker than most broth-based soups but not as thick as stew. I love this stew just like it is on a cold day. But it's also delicious over rice or with egg noodles.

OXTAIL STEW

Steps:

• Roll oxtails in flour and brown well in butter or shortening. Brown onion at the same time. Add beef broth and water, tomatoes and bay leaf, salt, and pepper. Simmer 4 hours. At end of 3 hours add carrots, celery, and parsley. Thicken gravy with flour and butter, and serve all together including potatoes.

OXTAIL STEW IN RED WINE RECIPE

Steps:

• Generously season oxtails with salt and pepper. In a large Dutch oven or casserole, heat oil on high heat until it shimmers. Add oxtails in a single layer to hot oil, working in batches if necessary, and sear the oxtails until browned on all sides, about 10 minutes. Remove oxtails with tongs to a plate (leaving the oil behind). Cover oxtails loosely and set aside.
• Return Dutch oven to high heat until oil shimmers. Add onion, leeks, and garlic and saute, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 15 minutes. Add tomatoes and cook until it deepens in color and smells sweet about 2 minutes.
• Add sherry vinegar and honey. Stir until honey is dissolved. Return oxtails and any juices to the Dutch oven, stirring gently with a wooden spoon. Add red wine and enough broth to cover. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and add a bouquet garni made by tying the parsley, thyme and bay leaf together in cheesecloth with butcher's twine. Cover and let simmer over very low heat until meat is nearly falling off the bone, about 2 to 3 hours.
• Transfer oxtails to a heated serving bowl and keep warm. Remove and discard the bouquet garni. Return Dutch oven to heat. Skim off fat and oil from the surface of pan juices and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat, until juices have thickened slightly about 5 minutes. Season to taste with sherry vinegar, salt, and pepper. Pour sauce over oxtail pieces and serve immediately with roasted potatoes or mamaliga. Source: Adapted from " The New Book of Soups " by The Culinary Institute of America (Lebhar-Friedman Books, 2009)

KATHERINE OXTAIL STEW

Steps:

• Trim the excess fat off the oxtail.
• In a large pot or Dutch oven, fry the oxtails until browned and cooked through.
• Remove from pot.
• Place diced ginger, onion and garlic in pot with meat juices and cook until onions are brown and soft.
• Throw in dollops of tomato paste and mix well.
• Return oxtails to the pot and add 1/2 cup of beef stock and keep mixing over heat.
• Add all the chopped up vegetables to the meat mixture.
• Add remaining stock and cook until vegetables are cooked.
• For a more tender meat, stew for a longer period.
• You may have to add a cup or two of beef stock or water to prevent drying out.