simon my wife’s not into oxtail can any other meat be used m8..

It’s not a slow cooker recipe, but I made Nigel Slater’s Oxtail Braise from his book “Appetite”. It was amazing.

Very quick version:

• 1 oxtail, get the butcher to chop it up for you into chunks
• Roll the meat in flour seasoned with mustard powder, salt and pepper
• Brown the meat in a pan
• Roughly chop 2 carrots, 2 sticks of celery and an onion
• Fry the veg til a little softened
• Pop the meat back in the pan
• Pour in a whole bottle of robust red wine
• Drop a few juniper berries, a couple of garlic cloves and a couple of bay leaves
• Bring to the boil on the hob
• Place in a pre-heated oven, 160ºC for two or three hours, stirring a couple of times

Bye for now.

S

Should serve 6, but with my two boys, it may only be 3!
Ingredients
1. 6 slices bacon, diced
2. 1/3 cup flour
3. 1 teaspoon salt
4. 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
5. 1 teaspoon ground allspice
6. 2.5 pounds cubed beef
7. 4 carrots, peeled and cut diagonally into 1-inch pieces
8. 4 large onions, cut into eighths
9. 2 cloves garlic, chopped
10 1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
11 1 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
12. 1 teaspoon dried marjoram
13. 1 bay leaf
14. (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle Irish stout beer (The one with the Harp!)

Directions
Place the bacon in a large fry-pan, and cook over medium heat until crisp and brown. Remove the bacon pieces and set aside, leaving the drippings in the pan.
Place the flour, salt, black pepper, and allspice in a large plastic bag, and shake a few times to combine. Place the beef stew meat into the bag, and shake to coat the meat with flour mixture. Place the meat pieces in the fry-pan with the bacon drippings, and cook the meat until brown on all sides.
Remove the browned meat to your slow cooker, and add the carrots, onions, garlic, parsley, rosemary, marjoram, and bay leaf to the cooker.
Pour the beer into the fry-pan, and bring to a boil over medium-low heat, scraping all the browned caramelised bits from the bottom of the fry-pan Pour the beer into the slow cooker, over the meat and vegetables. Cover, and cook on Medium setting until the meat is very tender, 4 to 5 hours.
Before serving, remove the bay leaf, and sprinkle the stew with the reserved bacon pieces. Enjoy!

I should be round about 8.00pm, with the crate of wine.