Piedmontese “Steak Tartare”

Carne Cruda alla Piemontese

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      15 min

Appears in
How to Cook Italian

By Giuliano Hazan

Published 2005

  • About

Because the meat is eaten raw, it goes without saying that the freshest, highest-quality veal should be used here. Top round is the best cut. It is the same cut used for scaloppine, so buy scaloppine if your butcher does not have a piece of top round. Do not have the meat put through a grinder, because the texture is much better when chopped by hand. Ideally, this would be served with thin shavings of fresh white truffle, but it is also very good on its own or with thinly sliced white mushr