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Oxtail pot with gnocchi and broad beans

This oxtail soup recipe is refreshingly simple

6 - 8

Serves

15 mins

Prep Time

3 hrs 45 mins

Cook Time

Allyson Gofton

Recipe author

Allyson Gofton

Back in fashion after some decades in the culinary wilderness, oxtail, with its gutsy flavour is complemented perfectly with the seasoned broth and fresh mint.

Back in fashion after some decades in the culinary wilderness, oxtail, with its gutsy flavour is complemented perfectly with the seasoned broth and fresh mint.

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Ingredients

Beef

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750-850g Quality Mark oxtail

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1 onion

finely chopped

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2 tsp crushed garlic

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45g packet tomato soup

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5 cups beef stock

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500g broad beans

fresh or frozen

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400g packet gnocchi

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1-2 celery

finely sliced

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2 Tbsp fresh mint

Method

To Make Casserole

1

Brown the oxtail in a dash of oil in a lidded flameproof casserole dish.

2

Add the onion and garlic and toss together in the hot dish.

3

Add the tomato soup mix and half the stock to the dish and cover.

4

Simmer on top of the stove or cook in a 140 degree celsius oven for 3½-4 hours or until the meat falls from the bones.

5

Lift the meat from the sauce and when cool enough to handle, pull the meat from the bones, discarding excess fat.

6

Allow the sauce to sit (this will allow the fat to rise to the top, so it can be skimmed off) while preparing the beans and gnocchi.

7

Blanch the broad beans for 2-3 minutes in boiling water.

8

Refresh under cold water and peel.

9

Cook the gnocchi in boiling salted water (the time will depend on variety and style, but usually about 3-5 minutes is enough).

10

Drain well.

11

Return the meat to the casserole dish along with the beans, gnocchi, remaining stock, celery and mint.

12

Warm through and serve in deep bowls accompanied with mashed swedes or pumpkin if wished.

Nutrition Information per Serving (537g)

This recipe analysis is based on six serves.

Energy

1582kJ (378 kcal)

Protein

35g

Total Fat

14g

Saturated Fat

5.8g

Carbs

24.3g

Dietary Fibre

6.7g

Sodium

813mg

Iron

6.7mg

Zinc

8.4mg

Vitamin B12

2.4µg