can you eat beef completely raw? what does it taste like?

Answer 1

yes it's good. It's called beef carpaccio. Only use a good cut, and really really fresh beef. what you do is put it in the freezer for a little. you don't want it to freeze, you just want it to be a little more tender. then slice very very thin and place between two lightly oiled pieces of plastic wrap. and pound away. actually, just lightly pound it with a broad flat meat tenderizer to make it even thinner. put on a plate, drizzle with olive oil and garnish with thinly sliced (not grated or shredded!!!!) parmesan cheese

Or you can make steak tartar. it's pretty scary. all i know is it has raw ground beef and raw egg in it.

Answer 2

Steak Tartare is raw minced (or to be precise, shredded) beef fillet, and tastes lovely. It has to be good quality, though, and be served with the right condiments (gherkins, capers, raw onion, raw egg yolk, and some nice crusty bread). It has quite a mild taste, not too different from raw tuna etc. If it's well shredded/minced it's not chewy either. I think the only thing that might seem odd at first is that it's of course cold, but you soon get used to that. It is easier to digest than cooked meat, and fillet has very low fat content and isn't fried in fat, so it is actually quite a healthy meal.

Answer 3

I can. But, only steak tartare and carpaccio and I love it. Can't really describe the taste though I guess kind of like meatloaf uncookled.

Today, health concerns in the United States, have made Steak Tartare a forbidden pleasure. In France, where we worry more about the taste of our food than the bacteria count in it, we take our chances daily. And we don’t seem to get any sicker than our cousins across the pond. It seems that the less we fret about the sanitation of our establishments and the food ingredients, the less we inundate our food with antibiotics, the more resistant to disease we become, perhaps because we build our own immunity instead of waiting for the producers to protect us from the dangers of real, natural eating. So here is a recipe for Steak Tartare, with raw meat and raw egg as some of the main ingredients.

Steak Tartare
1 lb. rump steak, all fat removed.
2 egg yolks.
2 tsp. cracked mustard or Dijon mustard.
1 tsp. Worchestershire sauce.
2 - 4 dashes Tabasco, Jamaican Pickapeppa Sauce or other hot sauce.
3 tbs. extra virgin olive oil.
3 - 4 tbs. fresh lemon juice.
1/2 small white onion or a couple shallots, finely chopped.
4 small cornichon, chopped.
3 tsp. capers, drained.
6 stalks parsley, finely chopped.
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste.

Whisk egg yolks, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce in a large bowl until smooth. Gradually whisk in olive oil and lemon juice until it becomes the constancy of a loose mayonnaise. Season with salt and pepper.

Slice meat with a very sharp knife or cleaver into paper-thin pieces, Gather pieces together and slice crosswise into smaller pieces, then finely chop them and add to the bowl.

Add onions, cornichon, capers and parsley to the mixture and toss with two spoons until everything is well combined. Adjust seasonings. Divide between 2 plates and serve with pommes frites.

In my opinion, this is much tastier than the tête de veau that has been all the rage these last few months in the Parisian bistros.

Carpaccio
Thin sliced raw beef served with a cold vinaigrette made with olive oil, or just olive oil and lemon juice (and sometimes Parmesan cheese). Generally served on a bed of greens such as watercresss, endive, arugula and/or radicchio.

Answer 4

There is a famous italian dish that is basically raw beef. The cow has to be slaughtered with the last 24 hrs or so. It tastes yummy.

If you can eat raw fish(sushi), why can't you east raw beef.

Off course, if you ever eat it, do so at a well known restaurant that is well known for cleanliness.

Answer 5

Actually Steak Tartare is traditionally made with Horse meat but can be made with beef.

Carpaccio of beef is wafer thin slices of raw beef, a sort of Salad-very delicious!

Answer 6

I wouldn't advise it, not just 'cos I'm a veggie but also because there are all sorts of bacteria and tape worm eggs in raw meat. If you want the same kind of taste ask for a 'blue' steak. it is kind of 'extra Rare'. It is just basically sealed in the pan/ on the grill and served.

Answer 7

Yes you can, it's called Carpaccio, very thin slices served with olives and other delicious Italian things.
Or if you go to a decent restaurant and order a blue fillet steak it will have been on the heat for seconds so just the outside is browned.

Answer 8

Yes, I watched a friend eat it a restaurant once - it was minced and had a sauce over it - yuk!

I do like roast beef or steak that's not too well done- has more flavour.

Answer 9

Yes - there's one dish called Steak Tartare which is basically raw minced beef.

Don't know what is tastes like though.

Answer 10

I suppose beef jerky is raw in that it hasn't been cooked.