John Whaite cooks oxtail braised in rose wine and basil on Lorraine.
The ingredients are: 1kg oxtail on the bone, 1 red onion, sliced into rings, 1 full head garlic, chopped in half, 8 anchovies from a jar, 500ml rosé wine, Salt and pepper and Fresh basil, roughly chopped.
To serve: 250g tender stem or purple sprouting broccoli, 50g butter – optional, Small handful pine nuts and Buttered baguette.
To prepare the dish, preheat the oven to 220C and heat a little oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. When the pan is hot, add the oxtails and allow them to brown on each side. Remove from the pan – though keep the pan on the heat.
Into a large, deep sided roasting dish add the sliced onion, garlic and anchovies.
Pour the wine into the frying pan, which will sizzle, to get all of the meaty juices from the bottom of the pan, pour into the roasting dish and season with salt and pepper.
Cover with foil and slide into the preheated oven and roast for 25 minutes, then reduce the heat of the oven to 170C/150C fan and slow cook for 2.5 hours – keep peeking into the foil and top with a little water if it starts to dry out, though do be very careful not to burn yourself.
When the meat is ready, heat a little oil in a frying pan and fry the broccoli until lightly charred and tender. If you like you can add butter to the pan until it melts and coats the broccoli. Add a little salt and pepper then put onto a plate and sprinkle over the pine nuts.
Sprinkle the basil over the oxtail and serve with broccoli.