Oxtail Soup

• 1 oxtail, cut into joints
• ¾ stick (90 g) butter
• 2

Melt half the butter in a frying-pan and fry the oxtail. As the pieces brown, lift them out and put them in a large saucepan. Fry the vegetables in the same butter and add them to the meat. Add the cloves, nutmeg, salt and pepper. Fill up with water (you will need about 2 quarts/