Oxtail stew and creamy samp

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4 servings Prep: 15 mins
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Hearty winter warmer, comfort food done right by Zola Nene with this Oxtail stew and creamy samp.

By Food24 September 05 2019
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Ingredients (21)

1 kg oxtail
4 tbsp flour
salt — to taste
pepper — to taste
2 onions — chopped
2 carrots — peeled and chopped
1 bay leaves
4 sprigs fresh thyme
2 tbsp tomato paste
1 tbsp curry powder
1 tinned tomatoes — chopped
2 tbsp white sugar
2 cup red wine
1 cup beef stock
2 cup dried samp
2 cup boiling water
2 bay leaves
pinch saffron (optional) or substitute with turmeric
water
60 ml cream
salt — to taste
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Method:

Dust oxtail in flour, salt and pepper.

 

Heat oil in a pot, and then brown the oxtail in batches before removing from the pan and setting aside.

 

To the same pot, add onions, carrots, bay leaf and thyme then sauté until vegetables begin to soften and brown.

 

Add tomato paste and curry powder, then cook for a minute.

 

Add tinned tomatoes, sugar, wine and stock then bring to a simmer.

 

Return oxtail to the pot, then cover with a lid and simmer gently for 2 ½ hours or until the meat is tender.

 

Place the samp into a bowl, then pour over the boiling water and leave to stand and soak for 30 minutes. You can also soak the samp for 24 hours, using cold water.

 

Rinse the soaked samp, then place into a pot. Add the bay leaves, saffron (if using) and cover with cold water.

 

Bring to the boil, then turn down to a simmer and cook for 1 hour, checking halfway through to top up the water if necessary.

 

Give the samp a stir, the kernels will be softer, but not quite cooked through and the starch will have come out of the samp and thickened the mixture. Add more water to cover, then simmer for another 30 minutes.

 

Check if the samp is cooked through by tasting a few kernels (if they are tender, then its ready) or mash a few kernels with a fork, if they mash easily then the samp is cooked through.

 

Add the cream and season generously with salt then simmer for 5 minutes.

 

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Comments 3

  1. Eugene says:

    Love to try the recipe, but the ingredients are not complete:

    4? flour (teaspoon, tablespoon or cups)
    4? fresh thyme
    2? tomato paste
    1? curry powder
    2? white sugar
    ? water — cold

  2. Rochelle Williams says:

    you need to make your receives more print friendly

  3. Di says:

    In the ingredients you say beef stock foes samp but the recipe says cook in water???

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