Slow Simmered Ox Tail Soup

Ingredients

• 2 ox tails
• 1 onion
• 1 tablespoon drippings or salt pork
• 4 quarts cold water
• 1 stalk celery
• 1 root parsley
• 3 cloves
• 6 peppercorns
• 1 tablespoon salt

Method

1. 1 Cut the ox tails into pieces at the joints.
2. 2 Sauté the onion and ox tails in drippings until delicately browned.
3. 3 Place meat in a soup pot with cold water. Bring to a boil.
4. 4 Add celery, parsley, cloves, and peppercorns. Simmer for 4 hours.
5. 5 Add salt, strain, and skim off the grease.
6. 6 Place one piece of ox tail in each tureen and ladle soup over it.