French recipe

[dunullbee]

I am looking for a recipe for a French dish which, when served up, looks like raw beef (or mince) with a raw egg in the middle. I believe that the dish was shown on Rick Steins current series on BBC this week. Does any one know what the dish is called and what are the ingredients?

[woofgang]

wikipedia has a link to loads and a good article, there is also carpaccio which is raw beef in slices

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steak_tartare

[lozzzz]

Its really nice (without the egg) spread on toasted malt bread.

[shaneystar]

It was Steak Tartare which he made in his programme French Odyssey.Unfortunately the recipe is not on the BBC website as yet.If you Google steak tartare there are lots of recipes for it.
From what I can remember from the programme it was fillet steak chopped very fine ,then shallots chopped very fine,a handful of flat leaf parsley,ditto,seasoned with salt and pepper and then shaped into a round and chilled.Then he plonked a raw egg yolk on top.I seem to remember he used a little olive oil to bind the meat mixture together.

[shaneystar]

I don't mind the steak tartare ..it's the raw egg that put me off !!

[Gilli]

Apart from the ingredients that shaneystar mentioned, it's also traditional to add finely chopped capers to steak tartare.

For those of you who find the thought of it yucky, don't knock it till you've tried it. Admittedly the texture and feel in the mouth is like nothing else but I thought it was great when I had it with frites.

Carpaccio is also gorgeous. It's basically top quality fillet steak which has been put in the freezer for about an hour and a half to make it firm enough to slice almost see'through thin slices with a very sharp knife. The slices are arranged on a plate and dressed (when I had it) with balsamic vinegar, olive oil, lemon juice and crushed garlic. The wafer thin meat melts in your mouth.

[dunullbee]

Merci beaucopu chacun!