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Recipe : **** Oxtail Soup

Oxtail Soup
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Course:
Condiment

Practical information

  • Prep time
    30 min
  • Cooking
    5 h 50
  • Ready in
    6 h 20
  • Difficulty
    Very easy
  • Price
    Very friendly budget
  • Rate:
             

Categories

Healthy recipe
Budget:
friendly
Difficulty:
easy recipe
Recipe for:
big families
Category:
Meat recipes
Tags:
Oxtail, soup

Recipe's Ingredients

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  • 1 lrg onion, chopped
  • 1 lrg oxtail
  • 1 carrot, chopped
  • 3 leeks, well washed & chopped
  • 2 stalk celery, chopped
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 bay leaf
  • ½ teaspoons thyme
  • 2 tablespoons salt
  • 6 white peppercorns
  • 1½ diced white turnip
  • ½ teaspoons rosemary
  • ½ teaspoons sage
  • ½ teaspoons basil
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 700 g veal shin bones
  • 700 g beef shin bones
  • 450 g chopped beef
  • 350 g diced carrot
  • 120 g sherry
  • 120 g cornstarch
  • 3.8 l brown stock or beef bouillon

  • Recipe preparation steps

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 400ºF. Place bones and chopped onion in a large roasting pan & bake for about 45-50 minutes or until well browned.
  • 2
    Parboil oxtail in water to cover for 7 minutes. Remove from water and tie in a piece if cheesecloth. Place browned bones in a stockpot with the bouillon. Bring to a boil & skim.
  • 3
    Add oxtail, beef, chopped carrot, leeks, celery, tomatoes, garlic, bay leaf, thyme, salt & peppercorns. Bring to a boil & skim. Cover and let simmer for 5 hours.
  • 4
    Separately cook diced carrot & turnip in salted water until just tender. Drain and reserve.
  • 5
    Remove oxtail pieces from soup and reserve. Cover a large strainer with several layers of cheesecloth & place over a large kettle. Sprinkle cloth with rosemary, sage & basil.Strain soup through cloth into kettle.
  • 6
    Bring strained soup back to boil & season to taste with salt & pepper. Add the oxtail pieces, carrots and turnips. Combine sherry & cornstarch & mix well. Add to soup, stirring until soup is clear & thickened.
  • Ready !