Oxtail and carrot stew: A rich and heartwarming winter stew

Stews aren’t just delicious bowls of meaty goodness. A stew is also a way to use ingredients at home that are just in the pantry and they are always a hit with the family. However, an oxtail stew takes you into more rich, restaurant quality, flavours. Oxtail can often be expensive to some and not everybody wants to cook for four hours, but low and slow is the way to go. An oxtail and carrot stew is a real family treat.

Oxtail and carrot stew tips

For the highest quality oxtail with less fat, get it from your local butcher and choose the best cuts. You can use salted pork, pork belly or even bacon for the added salt and flavour. Browning the meat helps caramelize the meat but also adds some flavour to the bottom of the pan which is scraped free when cooking. Serve your oxtail stew with rice or mashed potatoes for the best results.

For a great winter family meal, stew is the way to go. Our oxtail and carrot stew is a simple rich and traditional family meal for these cold winters.

Oxtail and carrot stew recipe

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Recipe by Gary Dunn Course: MainCuisine: GlobalDifficulty: Easy

Servings

6

servings

Prep time

15

minutes

Cooking time

3

hours 

40

minutes

Total time

3

hours 

55

minutes

Ingredients

• 1 1 oxtail, cut into pieces

• 80 g 80 salt pork or bacon

• 2 2 onions, chopped

• 2 2 carrots, sliced

• 1-2 cloves 1-2 garlic

• 10 ml 10 salt

• 1 tsp 1 ground black pepper

• 500 ml 500 beef stock

• ½ cup ½ wine

• Optional

• grapes

Method

• Brown the oxtail pieces and pork in a heavy cast-iron saucepan or Dutch oven. Set aside.
• Add onions and saute until tender and add garlic until fragrant.
• Deglaze with wine and scrape off burned bits.
• Add the rest of the ingredients and meat, except the grapes, and bring to a simmer.
• Cover the saucepan with a lid and reduce heat. Simmer for 3½ hours until tender.

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