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Raw Beefsteak or Beefsteak à la Tartare

4 servings

Ingredients

• 0.62 kg Beef from the round
• Salt (a little)
• Pepper, crushed (a little)
• 4 pcs Egg yolk, raw
• Onions, finely sliced (a little)
• Anchovies (a little)
• Capers (a little)
• Pickled cucumbers or mixed pickles (a little)

Instructions

1. For 4 people, count on ½ to ¾ kg of good beef from the round, which you pass through the meat grinder twice.
2. Mix the meat with salt and a little crushed pepper, form it into beefsteaks, and garnish each with a raw egg yolk placed in the lightly indented center.
3. Serve with finely sliced onions, anchovies, capers, and slices of pickled cucumbers or mixed pickles.
4. Depending on preference, one or the other garnish can be omitted.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.