A Paleo Dream: Steak Tartare with Mesclun Salad

June 26, 2009
By jc

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With it’s raw meat and eggs, cooked with a little lemon juice, Steak Tartare with a side salad makes an ideal paleo dinner. Eating raw meat always takes some precautions. The key to safe, sane, and sensual tartare is to hand chop a fresh piece of steak moments before consuming. Obviously, this is not the type of dinner to have heavy conversation over.

The added bonus is that the copious chopping burns a few calories during the prep!

The accompanying salad is a great pair. Mesclun greens are out this time of the year across the East coast of the US and Canada.

Recipe: Steak Tartare with Arugula Salad

Ingredients

    1 lb fresh top sirloin steak
    1 teaspoon of olive oil
    2 egg yolks
    1 small white onion, finely diced
    1/2 lemon, juiced
    1 tablespoon capers, finely minced
    2 sweet baby dills or french cornichons, finely minced
    1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
    Few grinds of fresh pepper
    Tabasco sauce to taste

Instructions

  1. Mentally prepare yourself. This recipe takes alot of chopping, but the upside is that it’s good for your chopping forearm.
  2. Using a large chefs knife, and a sturdy cutting board, slice the sirloin into 1/2 inch strips. Take the strips and cut them into 1/2 inch squares.
  3. Form a large mound with the steak pieces, and poor olive oil over the mound. Chop it repeatedly using a knife until it has the consistency of very course hamburger meat. Transfer the steak to a nonreactive bowl.
  4. Add the egg yolks, diced onions, lemon juice, capers, mined dills, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Fold together with a spatula.
  5. Form the mixture into rounds on two plates. Add some mixed mesclun salad to the plate and server.
Recipe: Mesclun Salad

Ingredients

    1 shallot, thinly sliced
    3 tablespoons of olive oil
    1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
    1/2 teaspoon of dijon mustard
    Salt and pepper to taste

    One hand full of cherry tomatoes, cut in half
    Two large hand fulls of Mesclun greens, washed and torn into bit size pieces

Instructions

  1. Whisk together the vinegar, dijon, salt and pepper in a small bowl. Continue whisking while drizzling in the olive oil. Add the shallots, stir to mix and set aside.
  2. Place the tomato halves in a small bowl. Stir in 1 teaspoon of the dressing.
  3. Place the greens in a salad bowl. Pour remaining dressing over the greens and toss. Pour the dressed tomatoes over the greens and serve.

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