Second oxtail of the 2021-2022 season

With the first having been early in September, noticed at reference 1. I suppose what it really boils down to is my being in the butcher when he happens to have got some in. I'm not aware of much forward planning.

Arrives in the same black foam tray wrap as last time.

Much the same recipe as last time, with the addition of a couple of tablespoons of cooked brown rice and a stray half stick of celery, sliced crosswise, that is to say across the grain. One large onion, one medium and one half. Half a pint of water. This snap being timed at 07:48, just before it went into the pre-heated oven at 100°C.

Drained at 16:15. Liquor put aside. Mushrooms added at this point. Eaten at 17:00 with crinkly cabbage (lightly cooked) and mash.

Taken with the white wine from Sicily bought on the outing noticed at reference 2. We thought it rather good, but you can read all about it from the horse's mouth at reference 3.

Not much left, half an hour later. So not a particularly cheap meal, with the oxtail coming in at around £18.

With blackberry and apple doing very well for dessert after what was a fairly heavy main course. The rest of the wine, visible right, had gone by close.

A fine, reliable dinner. Good for anyone with a taste for meat, not bothered by plenty of bone. With thanks to the cook at what used to be the Wheatsheaf in South Lambeth Road for introducing me to the dish. A place which had acquired a Latin American flavour, probably Brazilian, which would fit with the Portuguese colony in the area. The occasion being noticed at reference 4, the present presence at the place at reference 5.

Maybe next time I will try the salad, beans and rice instead of our boiled vegetables.

The following morning, scraped the thin layer of soft, white fat off the firm, pale brown jelly that the rest of the liquor had set to. Left over mash on top. Covered and into the fridge against gravy a few days following. A rather good gravy, even though I say it myself.

PS: Nozze d'Oro was fiftieth anniversary wine in our fiftieth anniversary year. Very appropriate.

References

Reference 1: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2021/09/oxtail.html.

Reference 2: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2021/11/facts-not-opinions.html.

Reference 3: https://www.tascadalmerita.it/en/wine/nozze-doro/.

Reference 4: http://pumpkinstrokemarrow.blogspot.com/search?q=wheatsheaf+oxtail.

Reference 5: https://tiamarialondon.com/.