Insalata di Carne Cruda

In all good trattorie and restaurants of the Monferrato, near Turin, you will find this dish among many other antipasti. It’s usually prepared a day or a few hours ahead, using the famous sanato, the meat of a mature veal calf, which has a lovely pink colour, an excellent flavour, and is extremely tender. The Piedmontese are very fond of this raw meat dish, which is not unlike steak tartare, although it has a more subtle flavour. It is normally eaten with grissini, the