Feeling weak ? Feeling hungry ? Feeling carnivorous ? Raw meat… mixed in with more raw stuff, this is the original "steak tartare" in France. Raw, fresh quality ground beef (sometimes hand-cut) served with a selection of condiments and an egg yolk that you mix in yourself (or sometimes pre-mixed) alongside a simple green salad and home fries. On a hot summer day or night, a simple and honest meal, not for the faint-hearted and a symbol of French culinary culture. My version (because it's still chilly out there and not yet summer but I'm craving tartare now) is a quickly pan-fried one (or "snacké" as we say in France) and the condiments added are increased in quantity and modified to accentuate the flavors and recall the original raw-ness of the original version. You add more pickled vegetables and some lemon juice to increase the acidity and less egg yolk because it will be fried in oil and also a few anchovy filets (not for the fishy taste that is undetectable but as a flavour enhancer) and absolutely no salt added because the meat quickly draws out and absorbs the saltiness of the condiments… Grrrrrrrr, beef !