A lockdown birthday is certainly different. Ordinarily we would have a family lunch and friends over for an evening feast with some extravagant wines to pair with the food. Not this year, of course. Instead, the main meal of the day had to be something everyone would enjoy and something that wouldn't be stressful to make. That means no pizza (too frantic) or Chinese food (too time consuming). Burgers then. Always popular with children (non-vegetarian ones, anyway) but, for us, something has to be done to make them more interesting. A simple solution: cooked steak tartare. For four people (we halved this): mix together: Salt and pepper 1 red onion , medium, finely chopped 200g shallots, finely chopped 140g capers, finely chopped 2 tbs olive oil 15ml brandy 2tsp tomato ketchup 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce 1 tsp Tabasco 4 egg yolks (optional) 600g minced beef (or venison) - for steak tartare ( served raw, of course), the meat should be ch...
Musings on wine and occasional other subjects from The Big Red Wine Company's James Bercovici