Oxtail With Vegetables

Ingredients

• 1 oxtail
• 2 tablespoons fat
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 pint meat stock
• 1 pint tomatoes
• 1 cup sliced onions
• 1 cup diced carrots
• 1 cup diced white turnips
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 cloves
• 1 cup potatoes

Instructions

1. Separate oxtail into pieces about two inches long. Put fat, salt, and pepper in a frying-pan and brown the oxtail in it slowly. Dredge with flour and cook five minutes longer. Add meat stock, vegetables, and seasonings. Cover, and cook in moderate oven one and one-half hours. Add potatoes and cook three-quarters hour longer. Arrange meat and vegetables on a platter. Thicken gravy and serve with it. Total time in the oven for 2 1/4 hours at 350 degrees.