Steak Tartare with Halen Mon
- 12 ounces well-trimmed lean beef tenderloin
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- Freshly cracked black pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard, plus more for trimmings
- 2 egg yolks
- 4 anchovies
- 20 capers
- 1/2 teaspoon sherry wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil or anchovy oil
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped red onion
- 1 tablespoon chopped chives
- 2 three-finger pinches of Halen Mon
- 4 slices of baguette, toasted, for serving
- Slice the tenderloin thinly.
- Cut the slices into strips and the strips into small pieces.
- Chop until the meat is fine enough to mold, but is still in discernible pieces.
- Mix in the Worcestershire sauce, pepper, and mustard until well blended.
- Using your fingers, shape the meat into two small rounds, no more than 4 inches across, on two plates.
- Make a deep well in the center of each meat patty and put an egg yolk in each well.
- In a small bowl, lightly mash the anchovies and capers with a fork.
- Mix in the vinegar and olive oil.
- Dollop half of this mixture on each plate at 12 oclock.
- Mix the red onion and chives together and put a small mound on each plate at 6 oclock.
- Put a three-finger pinch of salt on each plate at 3 oclock and a spoonful of mustard at 9 oclock.
- To eat, mix the anchovy-caper mixture into the egg yolk with a fork.
- Work the egg mixture into the meat, incorporating the onion mixture, salt, and pepper to taste.
- Eat on or with toast.
lean beef tenderloin, worcestershire sauce, freshly cracked black pepper, dijon mustard, egg yolks, anchovies, capers, sherry wine vinegar, extravirgin olive oil, red onion, chives, threefinger, baguette
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/steak-tartare-with-halen-mon-382435 (may not work)