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WINE REVIEW

Wine Review

This month's wine is Sterhuis Blanc de Blancs 2008
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 RECIPE

Oxtail with Roast Parsnip

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Ingredients for Oxtail

(serves 4)

1.8kg Oxtail
250g Onion, chopped
250g Carrot, chopped
250g Leeks, chopped
150g Celery, chopped
25g Garlic, chopped
15g Thyme, picked
300ml Red wine
100g Flour for dusting
50g Butter
4 Tomatoes, chopped
2 litres Chicken stock
Italian Parsley
Oil for cooking

Ingredients for Parsnip

600g Parsnip, peeled and sliced into 4 quarter lengths
80g Butter, in cubes
Brown sugar

Method for Parsnip & Oxtail

  1. Brown the oxtail in a heavy pot over medium heat
  2. Remove oxtail when brown
  3. Place on tray with sugar and butter
  4. Bake in oven at 180’C for approximately one hour
  5. In same pot used for parsnip, sweat off onion, carrot, leek, celery and garlic
  6. Add wine and simmer for 5 minutes
  7. Add tomato, thyme, chicken stock and simmer for another 5 minutes
  8. Dust oxtail in flour and add to pot
  9. Cook over low heat for 2-5 hours
  10. (If sauce reduces too much, add water)

Serve in a puff pasty cone. Or alternatively, serve with a side of soft polenta.

Charl

 

 

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