Nunu's Kitchen - Oxtail Borscht

Food I make!


Question: do you people actually read the intro paragraphs that I begin my recipes with?
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Fine. Onto the recipe then.
Nobody loves me!! T.T


Oxtail Borscht - feeds 2 for a week...


You will need:

• 3 medium beet roots - peeled and diced
• 3-4 large pieces of oxtail 
• 2 Celery sticks - diced
• 2 small carrots - peeled and diced
• 5-6 baby potatoes - diced
• 1/2 large onion/1 medium - diced
• 398ml can diced tomatoes
• Half of the tiniest red cabbage you can find!! - mine was about twice the size of my fist, chop finely.
• Olive oil
• 1 tsp Caraway seeds
• 2 tsp Bay leaves
• 1.5 tsp salt
• Lemon juice
• 1 small bunch dill - minced half and set half aside for decoration later.
• Sour Cream (optional)
• Beef Broth (I ended up not using this....xD)

La Methode:

• In a 5qt pot, bring about 2.5qt water to boil, and throw in your oxtail.

• Let simmer for approx 45mins and scoop up any scum that appears. The WORST scum of the Universe!!!

• Put some olive oil into a pan/wok, and saute together your celery, carrot, onions and potatoes with the caraway seeds, bay leaf and salt. Saute until soft NOT yellow!

• Add sauted veggies to oxtail pot.
• Add them beets. FOREWARNING! BEETS STAIN LIKE A MOFO!!! WEAR YOUR BF'S SHIRT WHEN HANDLING THEM!!!!

• Add chopped cabbage. I failed chopping.

• Add diced tomatoes. If you like some extra texture, dice up some fresh tomatoes and add them in.
• Add a dash of lemon juice and some finely minced dill.

• Put heat onto lowest setting and simmer until SO comes home.
• Serve with a dollop of sour cream, the rest of the dill and some crusty bread.

• Wait for SO to grovel at your feet.