Steak Tartare

Choose Big Daddy's Fresh Meats the next time you prepare steak tartare or carpaccio!

An appetizer of thinly sliced uncooked, beef tenderloin drizzled with vinaigrette and sprinkled with a handful of arugula and Parmesan shavings is a favorite in high-end Italian restaurants. Called Carpaccio, after the title of a painting that hung at Harry's Bar in Venice, it is an elegant, yet easy to make appetizer that can be recreated at home with prime-grade, restaurant quality steak.

Steak tartare is another specialty that is found in five-star restaurants. Made from chopped, ground, or thinly sliced raw strip steak and marinated in wine and spices, it is often served with onions, capers, pepper, and slices of rye toast.

To make Steak Tartare:

2 pounds filet of beef
1 egg, yolk only
1 tablespoon finely diced onion
1 tablespoon capers
1 teaspoon Worcestershire
Tabasco to taste
2 teaspons Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
Salt and Pepper to taste

Method: Grind filet finely or ask Big Daddy to grind it for you. In a bowl, mix egg yolk with onions, capers, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, Dijon mustard, salt and pepper. Add olive oil and whisk.

Mix in meat and parsley, and mix thoroughly.

Refrigerate or serve immediately. Makes a great appetizer! Because of the nature of the dish, it is absolutely critical you know the source of your meat and you consume it within two hours of making it.

When you make raw meat delicacies like tartare or carpaccio, quality and freshness is of the utmost importance. With risk of contamination, you need to have a supplier that you are absolutely confident is providing you with the best meat possible. At Big Daddy's Fresh Meats, we specialize in selling meat that is of the highest grade that can be used for all of your raw steak recipes. Don't take chances with store-bought meat that could have sat for days before you purchased it.

When you purchase fresh meat from Big Daddy's for your tartare or other raw meat dishes, we take extra care in hand-packing and shipping directly to your door. You are always guaranteed to receive absolutely fresh, ready to serve meat that you can be confident is safe to eat.

Tenderloin is an excellent choice for steak tartare. See our cut options here.