Stir into the oxtail stew and cook for about 5 minutes. Transfer the beef and oxtail to a hot serving dish and keep warm. Remove and discard the bay leaves, thyme and parsley stalks. Bring the ...

Stir into the oxtail stew and cook for about five minutes. Transfer the beef and oxtail to a hot serving dish and keep warm. Remove and discard herb stalks. Bring the liquid back the boil ...

Buying a pricey cut of beef like filet mignon might seem like the key to preparing a luxurious stew. However, you would be ...

If it needs more depth or richness, consider adding a touch of beef broth or wine. Allow Resting: Like many stews, oxtail stew often tastes even better the next day. Allow it to cool and then ...

An easy slow cooker beef stew that's ready when you are. Throw store cupboard ingredients into the slow cooker with some inexpensive braising steak and serve with mash. Each serving (without mash ...

If you want, skim off the fatty layer on the stew. Heat cooking oil in another pot under medium-high heat. Once hot, fry the pre-boiled oxtail pieces in batches to avoid crowding the pot.

For the coldest wintry evenings, tuck into a rich beef stew with fluffy dumplings to warm you right down to your toes. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. For the beef stew, heat the oil and ...

This dish is incredibly rich and luxurious and has a flavour quite different to a regular beef stew. I love to cook it for large groups of friends or family as it's really straight forward and ...

The beer was Heineken and ice cold. Loads of food had been prepared – mashed and jollof rice, grilled beef, oxtail stew, and a soup (as sauce is called here) of vegetables, peppers and palm oil.