Oxtail Soup

Ingredients

• 1 oxtail
• 15 ml butter or dripping
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 3 medium carrots, diced
• 1 medium turnip, thinly sliced
• 2 medium tomatoes, skinned and finely chopped
• 45 ml chopped celery
• 3 peppercorns
• 2 whole cloves
• 2 litres water
• 1 bouquet garni (3 sprigs parsley, 1 sprig thyme, 1 bay leaf)
• 125 ml cake flour
• 25 ml sherry or dry red wine (optional)
• 5 ml salt
• 1 ml cayenne pepper

Directions

1. Add the meat and the onion and sauté till the onions are golden and the meat browned.
2. Add the remaining vegetables, the peppercorns, cloves, water and bouquet garni and simmer, covered, for 3 hours.
3. Mix the flour to a paste with a little water and stir it into the soup to thicken it.
4. Add the sherry or wine and season with salt and cayenne pepper.
5. Add the meat and serve immediately.