Overnight Oxtail & Beef Shank Stock

Oxtail and shank roasted dark, then left overnight. The jus the Italian beef is built on.

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Yield
about 3 quarts
Prep
20 min
Cook
8-10 h
Total
overnight
Keeps
4 days refrigerated, 3 months frozen
Oven
450°F / 232°C
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Oxtail for body and shank for flavour, roasted hard first. It goes in before bed and is strained before work.

Ingredients

about 3 quarts

Method

  1. Roast 35-40 min · deeply browned

    Heat the oven to 450F. Rub the bones lightly with tomato paste and roast them with the onions, carrots, celery and garlic.

  2. Prep everything transferred

    Move it all into a slow cooker or a heavy Dutch oven.

  3. Prep pan scraped clean

    Pour 2 cups of boiling water into the hot roasting pan, scrape up the browned bits and pour that over the meat.

  4. Simmer 8-10 h · deeply flavoured

    Add the bay, peppercorns, Italian seasoning and vinegar, and enough water or broth to cover. Slow cooker on Low for 8-10 hours, or covered in the oven at 225-250F.

  5. Finish clear

    In the morning, lift out the bones and meat and strain the stock through a fine-mesh strainer.

  6. Chill until cold · fat set on top

    Refrigerate until the fat hardens, then lift it off. Reheat and use as the Italian beef jus.

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