Steak Tartar

[Luckylies]

For those of you who have never been to Blue Ribbon or Blue Ribbon Bakery in NYC, their Steak tartar is the most heavenly cravable food on the planet..second only to their marrow bones. It's really hard to put into words...I picked up, maybe; mayo, capers, shallots, cornichons but then I got lost.. The marrow bones I have had no trouble duplicating at home, but the tartar, I fear will prove a bit more difficult. does anybody have a recipe, a ingredient list or an approximation that I can run with....life is far to short to live without the ability to tartar at home. Any help will be appreciated eternally

[Epernay]

groung beef High Quality top round trimmed of all fat

mustard, egg yolk, ketchup, worchestire, caper, shallot, cornichon, parsley

in food processor chop cornichon, caper, parsley and mustard.

place egg yolk and meat in a bowl and mix with salt and pepper. Add a touch of mustard, tabasco and a little ketchup. Then mixin the cornichon paste.

good luck!

Edited February 18, 2006 by Epernay (log)

[Daniel]

Awesome.. Thanks for posting that!

[Luckylies]

groung beef High Quality top round trimmed of all fat

mustard, egg yolk, ketchup, worchestire, caper, shallot, cornichon, parsley

in food processor chop cornichon, caper, parsley and mustard. 

place egg yolk and meat in a bowl and mix with salt and pepper.  Add a touch of mustard, tabasco and a little ketchup.  Then mixin the cornichon paste.

good luck!

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Sorry, but, this is not Blue Ribbons recipe. The version I have always had, most certainly contains mayo, red onion, parmesean cheese etc....

I love tartar, but there's only one I want!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wattacetti]

Do you have a photo of Blue Ribbon's tartar?

[gus_tatory]

i have not had the Blue Ribbon tartare, but a well-made, fresh one is one of life's sheer pleasures.

Luckylies: unless theirs is really untraditional, i think you may be mistaking French shallots (echalottes grises) for red onion, as they sometimes have a purple/red colour. also, the mayo you discern, is it possibly raw egg yolk alone?

the tartares i've loved contain dijon, flat parsley, egg yolk, capers, gherkins or cornichons, perhaps 1 smushed anchovy, olive oil, salt, pepper, Tabasco...

if you uncover the mystery of how they make tartare at this place, please post back to this thread!

thanks,

gus

[Luckylies]

nope no mistake on the red onions as a garnish, though I think there are shallots in the tartar. sorry no pics. I'm trying to get up the nerve to ask for the recipe soon. i've heard there is roasted red pepper puree in it too... but that may just be heresay

[Jake]

Sounds like a very interesting, rather untraditional tartare. Hope you'll post back when you ask them for the recipe, I love tartare and another version would be fun...