steak tartare

plural steaks tartare · plural steak tartares · plural steaks tartares

1. countableuncountableA French dish made of raw minced beef steak, often served with onions, capers and other ingredients.

   It's a veal tartare, classically prepared, though more coarsely cut than many steaks tartares.

   2009 June, Andrew Stevenson, “[Restaurants] L'Enclume, Cavendish Street, Cartmel”, in www.andrewstevenson.com, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2012

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   At lunch she would watch me devouring Steaks Tartares, not knowing that immediately afterwards I would go to the lavatory and throw it all up again.

   1968, Henri Slotine, Fugue in a Garden, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 75

   They specialise in dishes from the Gaziantep region in south-east Turkey synonymous with kebabs. Our favourite is cig kofte, Turkey's answer to steak tartare (lamb kneaded with spice and herbs).

   2005 December 17, Sudi Pigott, quoting Tarik Bayazit and Savas Ertunc, “Istanbul on a plate”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2014

   And this, just after eating up a few good old steaks tartares, accidentally meeting one of his would-have-(willingly and lovingly)-been Romani victim-slaves and finding true love in the arms of an obliging and overwhelmingly rich student of his, Lulu.

   2016 January, Ramona Hărșan, “Literary Deflection of Cultural Stereotypes as Deliberate Decontextualisation: A Case Study on Alexandru Mușina’s Uptight Vampire in Dracula’s Nephew”, in Convergent Discourses: Exploring the Contexts of Communication: Literature, Târgu Mureș: Arhipelag XXI Press, →ISBN, page 639

   Two fully fledged French restaurants are planned — but without such classics as steak tartare, blood sausage or choucroute.

   2024 May 29, Roger Cohen, “Hold the French Fries! Paris Olympics Chart a New Gastronomic Course.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 May 2024

   There’s a short, unchanging menu of simple dishes like steak tartare, grilled octopus with aioli, hanger steak and a simple, acidic green salad.

   2024 June 13, Becky Hughes, “Where to Eat: At the Bar”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2024