Ingredients

  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 5 lbs oxtails, cut in joints
  • 5 tablespoons oil
  • 1 medium onion, coarsely diced
  • 1 small carrot, coarsely diced
  • 1 celery rib, coarsely diced
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 34 cup Burgundy wine
  • 2 cups beef stock
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 12 teaspoon crushed black pepper

Method

  • Salt and flour oxtail joints.
  • Brown in hot oil in shallow pan.
  • Add onions, carrot, celery and garlic.
  • Cook 5 minutes, then transfer into 5 quart pot.
  • Pour off fat and add wine to drippings sticking to pan.
  • Cook to reduce wine to half, then pour over oxtails.
  • Add stock, bay leaf and pepper.
  • Cover.
  • Simmer 2 hours or until beef is tender.
  • Remove oxtail.
  • Cook sauce until right consistency.
  • Season to taste, then strain over beef.