Oxtail

Wonderfully delicious and comforting. Throughout the BSE scare I used to buy these, as the spinal cord of a cow doesn’t extend to its tail - my friends were amazed that I could buy ‘waggers’ (as we used to call them when we were young).

You will notice this dish has carrots; even I, with my aversion to carrots, concede that you can’t cook oxtail without them.

Cook your oxtail the day before you want to eat it. It will be better for the standing, and you will be able to skim