Hardy Oxtail Soup

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 lbs oxtails
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 large onion, peeled and chopped
• 3 pints beef stock or 3 pints chicken stock
• 2 carrots, peeled and cut into thin slices
• 1 sweet potato, medium sized
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme
• 2 sprigs fresh parsley
• 2 garlic cloves
• 6 peppercorns
• 1 cup red wine (cabernet or merlot)
• 1/4 cup cooking sherry
• 1 1/4 cups shiitake mushrooms (sliced)
• 2 cups mustard greens, halved and loosely chopped
• salt, to taste

Recipe

• 1 melt butter with olive oil in a large stockpot, add pieces of tail.
• 2 when the meat is brown on all sides , add onion.
• 3 when onion is a deep gold or has caramelized, add stock, carrot, potatoes, wine, sherry and herbs tied securely in a cheesecloth bag.
• 4 season with remaining ingredients and simmer until meat is very tender, about 3 hours.
• 5 remove herbs bag.
• 6 remove oxtails and separate the meat from the bones; discard bones and return meat to soup.
• 7 at the same time as the meat add sliced mushrooms and mustard greens.
• 8 let cook for another 10min.
• 9 serve as is or over thick noodles.