Name: Oxtail Stew
Yield: 4 Servings
Cuisine: Scottish
Ingredients: salt and pepper; 2 tablespoons oil; 1 oxtail, jointed; 4 oz (125 g) haricot beans, steeped (soaked) overnight (optional); Water to cover; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1 tablespoon flour; 1 tablespoon tomato purée; 1 large Spanish onion, finely chopped; 1 carrot, finely chopped

Preparation info

4
Servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Broths to Bannocks

By Catherine Brown

Published 1990

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Ingredients

2 tablespoons oil
1 oxtail, jointed
1 large Spanish onion, finely chopped

Method

Browning

Heat the oil in a pan or flameproof casserole. Cut off any excess fat from the oxtail joints and brown them well. Remove. Add the onion and brown, then the carrot. Stir in the tomato purée. Return the meat to the pan. Sprinkle over the flour. Add the sugar.