紅酒燴牛尾 (食譜)

先預祝大家情人節快樂! 
見blog上有很多情人節食譜, 等我都湊下熱鬧.
這個紅酒燴牛尾煮法好簡單, 做法是我自己亂拼湊出來的, 但成功率是百分百.  曾口頭告訴一位極少下廚的男同事, 他一試便成功.  我妹妹照我的食譜煮, 也是一take就ok.  你們不妨試試.

食譜是我怱忙地憑記憶寫給我在美國的妹妹的, 應該沒錯漏, 但抱歉是英文, 以後有空而有人要求我才翻成中文吧.

Braised oxtail in red wine

Ingredient:
Oxtail 1 kg
Onion 2 (cut into quatered then half)
Flour ~2 heaped tbsp
Garlic 2-3 cloves, chopped
bay leaves 2
red wine 1 cup
tomato puree ~2 tbsp
canned chopped tomato 1 can
herbs of your choice, dry or fresh (e.g. thyme, parsley, oregano)
carrots (cut into appropriate size)

1. Preheat oven to 140 degree C. Dry the oxtail with kitchen towels. In a frying pan/cassorole, heat up about a tbsp of oil over medium to medium high heat, sear the oxtail until all sides are brown, set aside. Do this in small batches so that the temperature of the pan will remain high throughout.

2. In the same pan, quickly fry the onion until the edges are slightly brown. Return the oxtail to the pan, stir to mix, then add in the plain flour and quickly stir until all the flour is mixed in properly (i.e. no more visible white powder).

3. Add in garlic, bay leaves and red wine, bring to boil, then add the chopped tomato (whole can including juice), tomato puree and herbs, add more water or stock until all the oxtail is covered with liquid, bring to boil again, sesaon lightly with salt and pepper, reduce heat to low and let it simmer for 10 mins. Don't add too much seasoning at this time, as the taste of the wine will be too strong that you can't really taste properly.

4. Cook in the oven for at least 3 hours. You can shorten the cooking time by using higher temperature, e.g. 180 C, but you may need to add in more stock/water. You can also cook on the stove but you'll have to top up the liquid every now and then.

5. Only add the carrots or any other veg. of choice about half way through the cooking time. Otherwise, the veg may all melt into the gravy.

6. When it is done, the meat should come off from the bone easily. Add in more salt and pepper to taste.


心水清的blog友應該會認得這道菜吧, 其實是我聖誕節時煮的.  反正難得我寫低食譜給妹妹, 索性也和大家分享囉.