Oxtail With Red Wine Potjie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 lbs oxtails, cut into sections
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons cooking oil
1 large onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, crushed
2 bay leaves
2 teaspoons salt
fresh ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary or 2 teaspoons fresh rosemary
1 cup dry red wine
1 cup meat stock
2 leeks, sliced
2 carrots, quartered
2 stalks celery, cut into chunks

Preparation

1. Coat oxtail with flour and brown in heated oil.
2. Add bay leaves, salt pepper and rosemary to meat, and pour heated wine and stock itno pot. Stir once, then cover with lid and simmer slowly for 2.5-3 hours or until meat is tender. Only open the lid to replenish with heated wine or meat stock if necessary.
3. Arrange leeks, carrots and celery on top of meat and simmer for further 15-30min.