Container Inspection Tartare
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TypeStarter
Serves4 people
DateSeptember 21, 2026
Stacked tartare blocks as containers, sharp and sour, ready for inspection.
A sharp-sour starter of beef and beet tartare, arranged as a row of containers in profile. Each block refers to the seized drug containers: neatly stacked, square, with green pickle accents as 'seals'. Tension in the flavors, just like a police operation.
Ingredients
- 200 g beef steak (sirloin or tenderloin)
- 2 medium cooked red beets
- 4 small pickles
- 1 shallot
- 2 tbsp capers
- 2 tbsp wholegrain mustard
- 2 tbsp mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- salt and black pepper
- 4 slices sturdy sourdough bread
Method
- Cut the meat and beets into small cubes of about 1x1 cm.
- Finely chop the shallot. Roughly chop the capers. Slice the pickles and dice a few into small cubes.
- Mix the meat with shallot, capers, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, olive oil, salt and pepper. Chill.
- Mix the beet cubes with a bit of vinegar, salt and pepper. Set aside.
- Toast the bread until crisp.
- On each plate, create a row of alternating meat and beet cubes, like stacked containers. Place a pickle slice on top here and there as a 'seal'.
- Drizzle some mayonnaise between the cubes for extra tension.
- Serve with a slice of toasted bread.
Serving notes
- Make sure the cubes are stacked tightly, like a real container row.
- Finish with a few capers as 'customs seals'.
- Serve cold, immediately after plating.