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Oxtail Potjie Recipe


Oxtail Potjie Recipe
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A "Potjie" is a 3 legged round bottomed cast iron pot which simmers merrily over coals while everyone sits around it chatting away. and sipping you know what.. I am not sure if you can buy "Potjies" outside of South Africa, but any large,cast iro... More

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Ingredients
  • 500g Oxtails
  • 10 slices Bacon chopped
  • ½ cup Flour seasoned with salt and pepper
  • 1 litre beef stock
  • 1 can tomato paste
  • 1 Bay leaf
  • 6 black peppercorns
  • 1 bouquet garni
  • 6 large leeks, chopped coarsely
  • 2 large onions, chopped coarsely
  • 6 large carrots, chopped coarsely
  • 20 button mushrooms
  • 1 cup red wine
  • ½ cup sherry
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons crushed garlic
  • ½ cup cream

Directions
  1. Put seasoned flour in a Ziplock bag, then add the Oxtail and shake to coat with flour. Heat butter and olive oil and sauté bacon pieces.
  2. Remove bacon and brown Oxtail in resulting fat, remove and drain.
  3. Finely dice 4 of the carrots. Coarsely chop the onions and the leeks.
  4. Add the finely diced carrots, leeks, onions and sauté until softened
  5. Add Oxtail, bacon, bouquet garni, bay leaf, peppercorns, garlic, tomato sauce, red wine, sherry.
  6. Bring slowly to a boil and cook slowly for 3 - 4 hours.
  7. 1 hour before serving cut the remaining carrots into 1 inch pieces, add them and mushrooms and continue cooking slowly.
  8. Just prior to serving, add cream and stir in.
  9. If you want to thicken the sauce mix some cornstarch with the cream before adding.

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How could I not give this recipe a 5 Fork rating ;-) Very similar to how I prepare our oxtails except for the "Potjie." That's okay, I do own a cast iron pot ;-)


This would be a great way to prepare beef shanks as well!


This is great for any meat or fish, not keen on the fish ones myself like fish lightly cooked. it's like slow cooking for outdoors.


I absolutely must try this one soon! Thanks so much for posting!


Love oxtails..I have an oxtails recipe, too, called Miss Carol's oxtails- hers are Jamaican-style.


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