Oxtail With Red Wine Potjie

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 lbs oxtails, cut into sections
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 teaspoons salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary or 2 teaspoons fresh rosemary
• 1 cup dry red wine
• 1 cup meat stock
• 2 leeks, sliced
• 2 carrots, quartered
• 2 stalks celery, cut into chunks

Recipe

• 1 1. coat oxtail with flour and brown in heated oil.
• 2 2. add bay leaves, salt pepper and rosemary to meat, and pour heated wine and stock itno pot. stir once, then cover with lid and simmer slowly for 2.5-3 hours or until meat is tender. only open the lid to replenish with heated wine or meat stock if necessary.
• 3 3. arrange leeks, carrots and celery on top of meat and simmer for further 15-30min.