California Farm Clear Oxtail Soup

A pound of ox tail beef bones browned in butter on all sides till dark, then simmered 3 hours in cold water with spices, a whole onion and 2 garlic cloves, never boiled, then sieved, makes the richest fragrant clear broth. If you cannot find oxtail bones, beef neck bones are a good substitute.
The deboned meat is added back to the broth with fresh celeriac root, shallot, carrot, cilantro, rice noodles. A shot of of Amontillado Sherry is added to each hot soup bowl when serving. The broth is eaten first.
On the soup plate, after the broth has been consumed, the warm noodles, vegetables and meat are then mixed with french mustard, and pickled onion, or piccalilly sauce, and eaten as a second noodle course.
Family tradition.
California Farm Clear Oxtail Soup
A pound of ox tail beef bones browned in butter on all sides till dark, then simmered 3 hours in cold water with spices, a whole onion and 2 garlic cloves, never boiled, then sieved, makes the richest fragrant clear broth. If you cannot find oxtail bones, beef neck bones are a good substitute.
The deboned meat is added back to the broth with fresh celeriac root, shallot, carrot, cilantro, rice noodles. A shot of of Amontillado Sherry is added to each hot soup bowl when serving. The broth is eaten first.
On the soup plate, after the broth has been consumed, the warm noodles, vegetables and meat are then mixed with french mustard, and pickled onion, or piccalilly sauce, and eaten as a second noodle course.
Family tradition.
Steps
- 1
Melt butter in dutch oven, brown oxtail pieces on all sides. Douse with 4 cups ice cold water, add broth ingredients: whole garlic clove, whole onion, bay leaves, cloves, mace, peppercorns, salt. Simmer, do not boil, simmer 3 hours till meat falls off the bones. Taste. Sieve broth, discard onion, garlic, spices. Put tender oxtail meat back in broth. Bones go to the dog.
- 2
Add diced celeriac, add leek or shallot, carrot, chopped cilantro and noodles to broth, bring to boil, turn down to simmer till celeriac is soft, about half an hour.
- 3
When serving, a shot (one ounce) of Amontillado sherry is added to each soup plate. Best enjoyed if you first spoon out the hot broth. Next, mix the warm noodles, vegetables and meat with mustard and pickled pearl onion or piccallilly sauce, and eat as a second course. Enjoy.
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