Taste Magazine
Login/Register
Menu
  • Home
  • Recipes
    • Breakfast
    • Lunch
    • Dinner
    • Starters
    • Mains
    • Desserts
    • Drinks
    • View all
  • Ingredients
    • Asparagus
    • Avocado
    • Beetroot
    • Berries
    • Cheese
    • Chicken
    • Mielies
    • Potatoes
    • Spinach
    • View all
  • Dishes
    • Chakalaka
    • Braai
    • Fridge desserts
    • Mediterranean
    • Sandwiches
    • Plant-based
    • Potjies
    • View all
  • Occasions
    • Birthdays
    • Ramadan
    • Eid
    • Easter
    • Pesach
    • Diwali
    • Hanukkah
    • Christmas
    • New Year’s Eve
  • Popular
    • South African
    • Air fryer
    • Braai
    • Five-ingredients or less
    • 30 minutes or less
    • Great Value
  • Win
    • Competitions
    • Competition Winners
  • Culture
    • Articles
    • How To
    • Columns
    • Glossary
  • WList™ great value hub
  • WCellar
  • Login
  • Contact Us
  • Newsletter sign up
Editor’s picks
Harissa-battered hake
Fish recipes

Harissa-battered hake

1 hour 10 minutes
Extra-large éclair
Chocolate recipes

Extra-large éclair

1 hour
Ivor Jones’s Easter honeycomb smash hot cross buns
Easter recipes

Ivor Jones’s Easter honeycomb smash hot cross buns

15 minutes
  • Home
  • Recipes
  • pears
Saffron pears

Saffron pears

25 minutes
Artichoke and pear salad

Artichoke and pear salad

15 minutes
Baby marrow, pear and ginger soup
Soup recipes

Baby marrow, pear and ginger soup

15 minutes
Pears and beetroots poached in gluhwein

Pears and beetroots poached in gluhwein

Cardamom scented organic pears with organic coffee and chocolate sauce

Cardamom scented organic pears with organic coffee and chocolate sauce

15 minutes
Baked pear and coconut pudding

Baked pear and coconut pudding

20 - 25 minutes
Pears poached in saffron syrup

Pears poached in saffron syrup

20 minutes

Fresh fruit kebabs with spicy cashew sprinkle

Roast pears with honey mustard glaze

Roast pears with honey mustard glaze

Steamed mussels and pear in Thai reduced-fat cream

Steamed mussels and pear in Thai reduced-fat cream

15 minutes

Gnocchi with steamed pear, asparagus and radish

10 minutes
Oxtail with pears and fennel
Beef recipes

Oxtail with pears and fennel

2½ hours
Load more
  • Taste Magazine
  • shop online at woolworths. Shop Now
© 2026 Woolworths holdings limited. All rights strictly reserved.
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Media24
Please login or register to favourite a recipe.
Login/Register

Oxtail with pears and fennel

By Maranda Engelbrecht
4
Easy
10 minutes
2½ hours

Ingredients

  • extra virgin olive oil
  • 1.5 kg oxtail
  • 4 whole organic onions, peeled
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 t coriander
  • 2 cups white wine
  • 4 pears, peeled
  • 4 bulbs fennel
  • steamed brown rice or soft polenta, for serving

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Drizzle a cast-iron pan with a little oil. Heat until warm then add the oxtail. Brown on all sides while turning, discarding the excess oil. Add the onions and brown a little.
Remove from the heat, season with salt, pepper and coriander, then pour over the wine. Cover with a lid and secure well.
Cook for 2 hours or until the meat starts to pull away from the bone. Add a little water or more wine if necessary. Turn off the heat and keep warm in the oven.
Steam the pears and fennel in a steamer, until soft but still crisp. Plate the oxtail then add a steamed pear and bulb of fennel to each serving.
Drizzle with the sauce from the casserole dish. Serve with steamed brown rice or soft polenta.

Per serving: 4663kJ, 99.5g protein, 50.5g fat, 44.6g carbs

Discover more slow-roast recipes here.