Oxtail Stew

There is a delightful restaurant perched on the side of a hill in the tiny village of San Prudencio in the Basque Country, where we stopped for Sunday lunch. I had a great plate of oxtail, but for me it was a little spoilt because they had added a bit of Pernod, Pastis or anis. Unless you are passionately fond of anis I wouldn’t put any in.