traditionally chopped raw beef, seasoned and garnished with raw egg, capers, chopped onion, and parsley; (today, a popular highly seasoned raw fish dish).
This is a term which has several meanings. It is often used to describe the preparation of raw beef called steak tartare. Raw beef is chopped finely and served with minced onion, parsley, capers, and seasoned with anything from Worcestershire sauce to Tabasco sauce. Tartare sauce describes a mayonnaise based sauce with capers, onion, hard cooked eggs, cornichons, and herbs.
Minced meat or fish seasoned with salt and pepper and served uncooked
Two meanings: a. sauce made from mayonnaise, gherkins and capers b. steak tartare is made with minced beef served raw with egg yolk and seasoning
A term used to describe a seasoned paper thin raw steak dish called steak tartare. Also, Tartare sauce is a mayonnaise based sauce frequently served with seafood.
tar-TAR. Traditionally a dish of coarsely ground or finely chopped high-quality, raw lean beef that has been seasoned with salt, pepper and herbs. It's thought to have originated in the Baltic provinces of Russia where, in medieval times, the Tartars shredded red meat with a knife and ate it raw. Also used as a generic term for any finely chopped, seasoned meat or fish such as salmon or tuna tartare.
Tartare is a preparation of finely chopped raw meat or fish optionally with seasonings and sauces.
