Oxtail recipes

[thebraketester]

Afternoon.


Just bought some amazing oxtail. The butcher actually brought a whole tail out and chopped it up for us.






I bought it to make oxtail soup but I think the meat is too good to use in a soup.

Any recipe ideas?

Ta

[Tyre Smoke]

Feed it to the dog.

When I worked in an abattoir there was never an oxtail that went out with out crap on it. Lots of it.

Use shin instead.

[thebraketester]

Tyre Smoke said:

Feed it to the dog.

Thats no way to speak about my wife...... ;-)

Maybe the st adds to the je ne sais quois of oxtail?

[Tyre Smoke]

It adds something. That's for sure! Ecoli mostly.

To answer your original question, not much apart from a slow cooked bourginon?

[21TonyK]

Some time ago the Aldi beef with macaroni cheese was mentioned and positively commented on. Next time it fitted I picked a couple up and tried them. Massive disappointment, however the idea was there.

Last week I picked up a couple of packs of oxtail and shin from Morrisons with the intention of doing it properly.

It was epic.

It would work just as well with all oxtail so you could try that.

Brown and slow cook the oxtail with piles of sacrificial veg, stock, wine fresh herbs etc. I put mine in the slow cooker for about 8 hours.

Pick the meat off the bones and reserve. Strain and reduce the stock right down, thicken slightly if needed. Mix this with the meat in the bottom of a dish and top with a really good macaroni cheese and lots of parmesan.

With I'd taken some pics, a real proper winter dish.

[thebraketester]

Sounds delicious... will try that tony, thanks