Oxtail stew for the family (no salt, no wine)

This oxtail stew can feed the entire family even if you have little ones who are weaning. Eventhough it does not use any salt, stock or wine, I can assure you it is tasty enough. This can be made and eaten on the same day but I would recommend making it a day before to let the flavours soak in and for the meat to soften and fall off the bone.

Prep Time20

Cook Time3

Total Time3 20

Course: Main Course

Keyword: baby, beef, stew, weaning

Servings: 6 people

Ingredients

1.5 kg oxtail
1 onion chopped
3 cloves garlic finely chopped
2 sticks celery finely chopped
3 tbsp plain flour
1 tsp garlic granules
1 tsp onion granules
1 tsp ground black pepper
3 carrots bitesize chunks
2 courgettes bitesize chunks
2 tbsp olive oil
500 ml water
1 tin chopped tomatoes

Instructions

Preheat oven to 160C
In a bowl, mix together plain flour, garlic granules, onion granules and black pepper. Coat each piece of oxtail with thee flour mixture.
In a heavy bottomed pan, heat 1 tbsp of oil and brown each piece of oxtail and set aside.
In the same pan, heat 1 tbsp of oil and sautee the garlic, onions and celery until softened.
Add the browned oxtail pieces, tomatoes, carrots, courgettes and any vegetables being used and fry on a medium heat for a couple of minutes.
Add the tinned tomatoes and water and bring to the boil with the lid on. Keep it boiling for about 5 minutes
Place in the pre-heated oven for 2 hrs 30 minutes.
If not preparing for next day, the stew is ready.
Otherwise, remove from oven and allow to cool with lid on overnight at room temperature.
Reheat before serving either on the hob or in the oven at 180C for 45 minutes to an hour.
Serve with cous cous or rice.

Notes

You can add whatever vegetables you have to hand to the stew, I also added a pepper as I had it to hand
Serve with cous cous for both adults and little one
If your little one is still eating puree or chunky puree, then remove the meat from the oxtail and puree to your preferred consistency with cous cous
The pureed stew with cous cous can be frozen