Oxtail Goulash with Caraway Noodles

Goulash is one of those dishes that deserve to represent a nation’s cooking. And paprika and sour cream are one of those combinations where you couldn’t find better partners for either, and the addition of caraway, another of Hungary’s favourite flavours, in the pasta along with a few poppy seeds argues a vigorous case for goulash to be included in the list of the world’s great dishes. Here I am using oxtail to celebrate the virtue of the beef bone – you can, of course, use stewing beef or