Tartare

 

 

Suitable side dish: baguette or French fries

Preparation You'll need: A good large knife to mince the fillet.
Ingredients (for 2 persons) Approx. 450 g beef fillet 2 or 3 egg yolks (just put the third one in a litte bowl on the table, maybe someone wants more egg yolk). 1-2 Tbsp. chopped capers 3 French Cornichons 3 Tbsp. very finely chopped onion (1 small onion) 2 Tbsp. chopped parsley Additional condiments, to put on the table: Regular salt or Fleur de Sel, pepper, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco
Preparation Chop the capers, cornichons and the parsley. Chop the onion as finely as possible. Arrange everything separately on a large dinner plate. One can get the fillet minced from the butcher, but then one has to eat it on the same day. Besides, the right consistency can only be achieved by cutting, not with a meat grinder. ChezTeddy Tip: With a good knife, you can get the meat small quite well and reasonably quickly. I do it like this: First put the meat in the freezer for 15 to 20 minutes, then it is easier to cut. Now cut the meat into thin slices first, about 2-3 mm thick. Then cut these slices into thin strips, preferably so that the shape of the slice is retained. Turn the cutting board 90° and cut the strips into small pieces. Now press the meat firmly onto the board with the flat blade and chop the meat, first evenly with parallel cuts in one direction, then turned 90° in the other direction. Press the flat blade firmly onto the board again. Repeat this until the meat looks like it came straight from the mincer. But the trick is that our hand-cut meat has a much better consistency. Now divide the meat into two portions and arrange on dinner plates, forming the minced meat into the shape of a thick slice and making a dent in the center. Just before serving, separate the eggs and put 1 yolk per plate in this dent. Place the third in a little bowl on the table in case someone wants more yolks. Served, everyone can add the ingredients one likes to one's own taste. Mix well. Personally, for example, I do not like onion with it, but I like to add Tabasco, which Carinne doesn't like so much.