Salad of Beef Tartare Recipe - Great British Chefs

Salad of beef tartar, slow cooked ox tongue and smoked mayonnaise

Starter
medium
4
60 minutes, plus 8 and a half days curing and sous vide cooking

PT1H

Paul Welburn's beef tartare recipe is paired with slow-cooked, sous vide ox tongue – a fantastic yet often overlooked cut. The ox tongue and smoked onion oil for the mayonnaise take a while to prepare but the results are well worth it.

Discover more:

Share recipe

Related recipes

Beef tartare tostadas, cured egg yolk, habanero

Nud Dudhia, Breddos Tacos

Sous vide rib-eye steak with roasted garlic, grilled lemon, horseradish cream and chimichurri

CHARCUT Roast House

Beef tartare, potted beef with dripping and sourdough toast

Paul Welburn

Onglet steak, pickled walnuts and horseradish

Jeremy Lee

Raw beef with tomatoes and mozzarella

Giorgio and Gian Pietro Damini

Ingredients

save recipe

recipe saved

print recipe

shopping List

Metric

Imperial

Ox tongue

1 ox tongue, thoroughly washed

Brine

410g of table salt
100g of caster sugar
3 garlic cloves
1 bunch of thyme
1/2 bunch of rosemary
3.7l water
3 tbsp of pickling spice

Smoked onion oil for the mayonnaise

125g of spring onions
125g of shallots
250ml of grapeseed oil, plus extra for charring the onions

Mayonnaise base

35g of egg yolk
4g of Dijon mustard
2g of salt
40g of pickled onion juice

Beef tartare

200g of hanger steak, finely diced
4 tsp capers, chopped
4 tsp gherkins, chopped
2 tsp parsley, chopped
2 tsp shallots, chopped

To plate

save recipe

recipe saved

print recipe

shopping List

Chamber sealer
Water bath
Vacuum bags (3)
Meat slicer

Method

save recipe

recipe saved

print method

For the ox tongue, bring all of the brine ingredients to the boil. Remove from the heat and allow to chill

410g of table salt
100g of caster sugar
3 garlic cloves
1 bunch of thyme
1/2 bunch of rosemary
3.7l water
3 tbsp of pickling spice

Place the tongue in a vacuum bag, cover with the brine and seal in a chamber sealer. Leave for 7 days to cure

1 ox tongue, thoroughly washed

After 7 days, wash in clean, cold water, place in a fresh vacuum bag and seal once more

Preheat a water bath to 64°C

Cook the tongue for 36 hours in the water bath. Once cooked, remove and chill. Do not finish preparing the tongue until you're almost ready to serve to prevent oxidisation

Preheat the oven to 150°C/gas mark 3

To prepare the smoked onion oil for the mayonnaise, coat the spring onions in a dash of oil, then cook in a skillet until lightly charred

125g of spring onions

Cut the shallots in half lengthways and coat with oil. Deeply caramelise the shallots in a pan until very dark and charred

125g of shallots

Place the shallots and onions in a tray and roast in the oven until cooked through. Peel the shallots, chop the onions then place in a container and cover with the grapeseed oil. Leave to infuse for 24 hours then strain through a fine sieve

250ml of grapeseed oil, plus extra for charring the onions

To make the mayonnaise, combine the egg yolk, mustard, salt and pickled onion juice in a small bowl. Slowly whisk in 250g of the infused onion oil until emulsified

35g of egg yolk
4g of Dijon mustard
2g of salt
40g of pickled onion juice

Mix together all of the ingredients for the tartare with 1/2 tsp of the smoked onion oil

200g of hanger steak, finely diced
4 tsp capers, chopped
4 tsp gherkins, chopped
2 tsp parsley, chopped
2 tsp shallots, chopped

Remove the tongue from the bag, remove the outer skin and cut into thin ribbons on a meat slicer

To serve, arrange the tartare in a ring on the bottom of the plate and pipe dots of the smoked onion emulsion around. Pile the ox tongue on the beef and garnish with the pickled onions, mushroom slices and watercress