Title: Oxtail And Barley Soup
Categories: Kerr
Yield: 1 servings

2 lb Oxtail; cut into sections
1 ts Light olive oil with a dash
-of toasted
; sesame oil
1 lg Onion; peeled and diced
3 Cloves garlic; bashed,
-peeled and
; chopped
1 lg Carrot; peeled and diced
; into 1/2 inch
; pieces
2 Stalks celery; diced
3 tb Tomato paste
2 14 oz cans low-sodium beef
-stock
1 c De-alcoholized red wine
1/2 ts Whole black peppercorns
10 Sprigs fresh parsley
6 Sprigs fresh thyme
2 Bay leaves
6 c Water
1/2 c Pearl barley
2 lg Carrots; peeled and diced
1 c Diced turnips
4 oz Shiitake mushrooms; stems
-removed,
; chopped

Blanch the oxtail in boiling water for 3 minutes, just enough to take the
red colour away from the surface. Drain, put the oxtail pieces on a rack in
a roasting pan and place under the grill for 15 minutes each side until
nice and brown.

Pour the oil into a large saucepan on medium heat and fry the onion and
garlic for 3 minutes. Add the carrot and celery and fry for 5 minutes. Stir
in the tomato paste, coat the vegetables well, and cook until the paste
darkens. Add the stock, wine, oxtails, peppercorns, parsley, thyme and bay
leaves. Cover and simmer for 2 hours.

During the last half hour of simmering, pour the 6 cups of water into a
large soup pot, bring to a boil, stir in the barley and boil for 25
minutes. Add the carrots and turnips and boil for 15 minutes. Drain,
reserving 1 cup of the cooking liquid, and set aside.

Transfer the cooked oxtail to a chopping board. Remove the meat from the
bones, keeping it in fairly large chunks, discarding any visible fat.
Strain the stock into another saucepan, discarding the solids.

Add the meat, turn the heat to medium-high, add the vegetable-barley
mixture, the mushrooms and the cup of reserved vegetable-barley water and
just heat through.

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