Oxtail Soup

== Ingredients ==
* 1 oxtail
* 15 ml butter or dripping
* 1 large onion, chopped
* 3 medium carrots, diced
* 1 medium turnip, thinly sliced
* 2 medium tomatoes, skinned and finely chopped
* 45 ml chopped celery
* 3 peppercorns
* 2 whole cloves
* 2 litres water
* 1 bouquet garni (3 sprigs parsley, 1 sprig thyme, 1 bay leaf)
* 125 ml cake flour
* 25 ml sherry or dry red wine (optional)
* 5 ml salt
* 1 ml cayenne pepper
== Directions ==
# Add the meat and the onion and sauté till the onions are golden and the meat browned.
# Add the remaining vegetables, the peppercorns, cloves, water and bouquet garni and simmer, covered, for 3 hours.
# Mix the flour to a paste with a little water and stir it into the soup to thicken it.
# Add the sherry or wine and season with salt and cayenne pepper.
# Add the meat and serve immediately.
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