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What (who) is oxtail - definition
TAIL OF AN OX
Ox tail; Ox-tail; Oxtails; Ox tails
oxtail
¦ noun the tail of an ox (used in making soup).
oxtail
(oxtails)
Oxtail is meat from the tail of a cow. It is used for making soups and stews.
...oxtail soup.
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Oxtail
Oxtail (occasionally spelled ox tail or ox-tail) is the culinary name for the tail of cattle. While the word once meant only the tail of an ox, today it can also refer to the tails of other cattle.
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Oxtail
Oxtail (occasionally spelled ox tail or ox-tail) is the culinary name for the tail of cattle. While the word once meant only the tail of an ox, today it can also refer to the tails of other cattle. An oxtail typically weighs around 3.5 kilograms (8 pounds) and is skinned and cut into shorter lengths for sale.
Oxtail is a gelatin-rich meat, which is usually slow-cooked as a stew or braised. It is a traditional stock base for oxtail soup. Traditional preparations involve slow cooking, so some modern recipes take a shortcut using a pressure cooker.
Examples of use of oxtail
1. The selection includes fish and chips, shepherd‘s pie, oxtail and kidney pudding, Eton mess and trifle.
2. This month, El Parador is celebrating the oxtail by holding a festival in its honor.
3. But you know we are putting the oxtail on at three, and I really wanted to taste that before I go, and for me, the oxtail is maybe more important ...‘ But, Giorgio, I say, you‘re about to get trussed up in a toga and put on a plinth.
4. The lunch menu included a mix of traditional British ingredients, including smoked salmon with woodland sorrel and wild cress and turbot with cockles and oxtail.
5. Here you‘ll find Las Columnas (C/Rodrigo Caro 1), with its wise–cracking barmen and terracotta cazuelitas of spinach and chickpeas, rińones al Jerez (kidneys in sherry) and oxtail stew.