Coda Alla Vaccinara

Serves: 3

Vicente Kshlerin

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

50

Spice

50

Sweetness

53

Sourness

36

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.8

Difficulty

Ingredients:

6 stalks

Celery

3 cups

Water

1

Salt

Directions:

1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

2

In a saute pan, add the olive oil, carrot, onion, and celery with minced garlic and bay leaves

3

Heat mixture until the vegetables start to sweat

4

Sprinkle oxtails with salt and pepper and add to the vegetable mixture

5

Add the wine and cook for 10 to 15 minutes or until the wine evaporates

6

Add the cocoa and vegetable stock

7

Transfer mixture to a heatproof casserole

8

Cover the casserole and bake in the oven slowly for 2 hours

9

Check whether there is too much stock remaining and if so, turn up heat until excess stock evaporates

10

Add the tomatoes and cook for 40 minutes with cover on

11

Check and stir occasionally

12

To make the garnish: Place the water in a saucepan and bring to a boil

13

Clean and cut the carrots and celery into 1/4-inch julienne sticks

14

Salt the water and cook the celery and carrot sticks together al dente, about 2 minutes

15

Drain

16

Saute the vegetables with extra- virgin olive oil, salt, and pepper

17

Remove pieces of oxtail from the casserole, and put them in a warming dish

18

Take the sauce that is left in the casserole dish and pass it through a blender

19

To serve: place the oxtail pieces on plates and cover generously with the sauce

20

On the top, place the carrots and celery garnish, and decorate with the chopped basil leaves