Western Steak Tartare - (James McNair's Beef Cookbook)

Name: Western Steak Tartare - (James McNair's Beef Cookbook)
Yield: 10 as a starter or 6 as a main course
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb. top-quality boneless beef tenderloin, sirloin, or top round, trimmed of all fat and connective tissue and finely ground; 1/4 cup minced green onion, including green tops; 1/4 cup fresh red or green mild to hot chili peppers, stemmed, seeded, and minced; 1 small fresh prickly pear cactus pad scraped to remove thorns, sliced into small pieces, and boiled until tender, then rinsed to remove slippery juices OR 1/4 cup drained canned sliced nopalitos; 1/4 cup finely chopped red sweet pepper; 1/4 cup finely chopped carrot; 1/4 cup minced daikon or other radish; 1/4 cup minced fresh cilantro; 1/4 cup minced or pressed garlic; Soy sauce, preferably tamari; Asian-style sesame oil; Hot chili oil; 6-10 quail egg yolks in shells (optional); Lime wedges; Salt; Freshly ground black pepper; About 6 buttered whole-grain toast slices, cut diagonally into triangles

Cluelesskitty @cook_116059829

Don't knock it till you try it ;)
For best (and safest) results, purchase your beef from a trusted local butcher, ideally meat that has been prepared and packaged the day of or ordered fresh

Cluelesskitty @cook_116059829

Don't knock it till you try it ;)
For best (and safest) results, purchase your beef from a trusted local butcher, ideally meat that has been prepared and packaged the day of or ordered fresh

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Ingredients

10 as a starter or 6 as a main course

1 lb.top-quality boneless beef tenderloin, sirloin, or top round, trimmed of all fat and connective tissue and finely ground
1/4 cupminced green onion, including green tops
1/4 cupfresh red or green mild to hot chili peppers, stemmed, seeded, and minced
1small fresh prickly pear cactus pad scraped to remove thorns, sliced into small pieces, and boiled until tender, then rinsed to remove slippery juices OR 1/4 cup drained canned sliced nopalitos
1/4 cupfinely chopped red sweet pepper
1/4 cupfinely chopped carrot
1/4 cupminced daikon or other radish
1/4 cupminced fresh cilantro
1/4 cupminced or pressed garlic
Soy sauce, preferably tamari Asian-style sesame oil
Hot chili oil
6-10quail egg yolks in shells (optional)
Lime wedges
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
About 6 buttered whole-grain toast slices, cut diagonally into triangles

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Steps

1

To make bite-sized portions that can be passed on a tray, mix the meat with the other ingredients to taste and spoon onto small toasts, cucumber slices, or into hollowed-out cherry tomatoes or mushrooms.
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OR
Mound the beef on a serving platter or form it into a fanciful shape. Arrange the other ingredients around the beef. Diners help themselves to beef and condiments, then mix them all together on individual plates. Spread on toast to eat.