Oxtail Sunday Night Soup

I've made my first and second oxtail soup.

Oxtail is a nice, cheap cut of meat on beef that tastes just as good as the rest of that lovely bovine. Meat is expensive so oxtail is a great way of getting protein with out breaking the bank.  This receipy was inspired by the taste of roast beef gravy.

Making this dish was a bit slap dash so the ingredients are approximate. Feel free to tweek them to your taste.

Ingredients:

Oxtail (one large piece or three to four small pieces)
1 Beef cube
6 cloves of chopped garlic
1 tsp of onion granules
1 tbsp of Herbes de Provence
1/2 cup of largely diced mushrooms
1 1/2 cups of largely diced carrots
4 washed and cubed potatoes
1 knob of butter
1 tbsp fresh parsley
1 1/2 cups of red wine
4 Cups of water


Instructions!
Brown the oxtail and garlic in butter, before adding all ingredients save carrots and potatoes.  Bring to a boil and allow to simmer for an hour. Add carrots and potatoes. Cook until potatoes and carrots until soft.

The best way to tell its ready is that the broth tastes like roast beef gravy.