Steak Tartare or Tatar

Also referred to as “Hackfleisch zum Roh Essen” – Ground Meat to eat raw.

Ingredients:

•    ½ lb    Beef from the round with all fat trimmed off and ground at least 2 times
•         1    Egg Yolk, can be substituted with 2 tbs cold Water
•   2 tbs    Onions, finely diced
•               Salt and Pepper to taste
•               to garnish or serve with Capers, Anchovies and extra finely diced onions

Directions:

We mix all the ingredients together and serve on a platter with extra diced onions.
We also have salt and pepper at the table and usually some capers.
In our house it is served on Hard Rolls or a Baguette and a dish of butter for those who want it.

At some houses, the ingredients are served separately and everybody prepares their own.
In Germany the meat used to be served indented on the top with a raw egg yolk in it and all the other ingredients arranged around it.

Caution: As you are serving and eating raw meat you have to find a butcher you can trust to avoid cross contamination. As always, eating raw or under cooked meat may cause sickness!

Please read my post on eatsandmeats.com about Steak Tartar.