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==Ox head==


This recipe for cooking an ox head comes from the marvelous book: [[:Cookbook: Food In England]]


I only add it for a bit of fun because I can't image that you would be able to obtain a complete ox head very easily.
Our local Sainsbury's doesn't stock them.


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|TotalCalories =  
|TotalCalories = 2192
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|PortionCalories = 274
|DatePublished=21st January 2013
|DatePublished=21st January 2013
|Author=Chef
|Author=Chef
|ImageComment = Food in England - Dorothy Hartley
|ImageComment = Food in England - Dorothy Hartley
  |Servings = Serves 8
  |Servings = 8
  |Difficulty = 3
  |Difficulty = 3
  |TotalTime = 28 hours
  |TotalTime = 28 hours
  |PrepTime = 24 hours
  |PrepTime = 24 hours
  |CookTime = 4 hours
  |CookTime = 4 hours
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==Ox head==
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''<span class="reviewTitle">Those were the days...</span>''


This recipe for cooking an ox head comes from the marvelous book: [[:Cookbook: Food In England]]
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I only add it for a bit of fun because I can't image that you would be able to obtain a complete ox head very easily.
<span class="reviewDesc">..my friend, we thought they'd never end.</span>


Our local Sainsbury's doesn't stock them.
<span class="reviewAuthor"> [[User:PSmith|Paul&nbsp;R&nbsp;Smith]] </span></span>
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| 1 ox head
| 1 ox head
| A few [[peppercorns]]
| A bunch of fresh [[herbs]]
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===Method===
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|Get this prepared by the butcher, who will send it to you split in two.
| Lay it in strong salty water overnight and rinse under a briskly running tap til thoroughly clear. The tongue should be salted separately.
|Put the head into a pan with water to cover, a few peppercorns, salt ,a bunch of herbs , and vegetable trimmings.
| Simmer till the [[bones]] and meat all fall to pieces, then drain into a basin.
| Take out every scrap of bone and gristle and chop the meat  finely, sprinkling with powdered herbs and pepper.
| Press into a mould set with a weight on top, and turn out when cold.
| Garnish with parsley and serve with pickles and roast potatoes.
| The broth, strained and boiled with oatmeal, onions, or a strongly flavoured vegetable such as celery, makes a meaty soup.
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Get this prepared by the butcher, who will send it to you split in two.  Lay it
''Note'':  Be sure you put the  remnants, [[bones]], vegetables, etc., out for the fowls to pick clean.  There is enough miscellaneous picking on an ox-head to keep an industrious hen busy for hours
 
in strong salty water overnight and rinse under a briskly running tap til
 
thoroughly clear. The tongue should be salted separately.
 
Put the head into a pan with water to cover, a few peppercorns, salt ,a bunch
 
of herbs , and vegetable trimmings.  Simmer till the [[bones]] and meat all fall
 
to pieces, then drain into a basin. Take out every scrap of bone and gristle
 
and chop the meat  finely, sprinkling with powdered herbs and pepper.
 
Press into a mould set with a weight on top, and turn out when cold.
 
Garnish with parsley and serve with pickles and roast potatoes.  the broth,
 
strained and boiled with oatmeal, onions, or a strongly flavoured vegetable
 
such as celery, makes a meaty soup.
 
''Note'':  Be sure you put the  remnants, [[bones]], vegetables, etc., out for
 
the fowls to pick clean.  There is enough miscellaneous picking on an ox-head
 
to keep an industrious hen busy for hours


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