Oxtail with bacon, prunes and thyme

Babiche Martens

Ingredients

1 kg	Oxtail pieces (Main)
1 to dust	Plain flour
1	Salt & freshly ground pepper, (to season)
2 Tbsp	Olive oil
4	Streaky bacon
1 Tbsp	Fresh thyme, (leaves stirpped off the stalks )
1 cup	Pitted prunes
1 cup	Red wine
2 cups	Vegetable stock, (or chicken stock)
1 to serve	Feta

Directions

1. Dust the oxtail with seasoned flour. Heat the oil in a large saucepan.
2. Add the bacon and thyme, cook for 3 minutes then remove.
3. Add the oxtail and brown for approximately 5 minutes on each side.
4. Add the bacon and thyme back to the pan, add the prunes, wine and stock.
5. Cover the saucepan and gently simmer for 3 hours before serving with crumbled feta sprinkled over.