Ox-Tail Soup

Ingredients

• Two ox-tails
• Three Carrots
• Three turnips
• Three Onions
• Two heads of celery
• Four cloves
• One blade of mace
• Small lump of sugar
• Red Pepper to taste

Directions

1. Cut joint of two ox-tails with meat-saw
2. Steep them in boiling water for two hours in stock-pot
3. Place ox-tails in a stew pan with vegetables cut to olive size, four cloves, and one blade of mace
4. Boil over a slow fire until ox tail joints are tender
5. Remove ox-tails, cool them, and clarify the broth
6. Strain into a soup pot
7. Place all ingredients into soup pot with a little bit of the broth, boil for 30 minutes
8. Add sugar and red pepper
9. Serve

Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Travis King
Louisiana Anthology
February 16, 2020