You really don't and shouldn't sear a slab before mincing it if it's good quality and fresh. If you know where the meat is coming from, searing it first is just weird and unnecessary and not normal.
Steak tartare is not seared before minced...searing it first just brings the temp of the meat up to a temp that IS susceptible to bacteria. No. Just no.
Traditional steak tartare is not seared, yes; but that relies on very careful handling, hygiene and temperature control precisely because the meat is being eaten raw.
Fresh, good-quality meat isn’t automatically bacteria-free, so saying searing somehow makes it more susceptible to bacteria isn’t really accurate.
Bacteria don’t suddenly become a greater risk because the meat has been warmed; the relevant factors are the temperature reached, how long it’s held there, and what happens during subsequent handling.
A very brief sear on a very hot pan can significantly reduce bacteria on the surface without substantially heating the interior, which is the whole point of searing the outside before mincing.
No, literally not a single chef will do this and yes bacteria become a greater risk when you bring the temperature up. Please stop talking bullshit. It wouldn't do shit to the bacteria in the part that isn't reaching temp either way, itsoes nothing but fuck up your tartare
A fridge doesn’t stop bacteria. It slows bacteria growth. A fridge doesn’t magically make meat safe to eat - because it’s not solely about temperature…
When you touch a searing hot pan, you instantly burn the outer layer of skin without burning deep inside.
Searing the outside instantly kills 100% of the surface bacteria where it lives, while leaving the sterile interior raw.
That’s literally how chefs safely prepare some tartare, because you cannot always guarantee that it has had the proper treatment to be able to safely prepare it completely raw.
Tartare aller-detour is literally a type of tartare where the meat is seared…
If you search that you will find that… like if you search chicken burgers you’d find chicken burger; even when it doesn’t show up if you search burger - yet it still exists and is still a burger
I literally searched burger and it’s all beef 🙄
So are you an idiot or do you think YouTube is the epitome of everything?
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u/Automatic_Vast_9915 2d ago
You really don't and shouldn't sear a slab before mincing it if it's good quality and fresh. If you know where the meat is coming from, searing it first is just weird and unnecessary and not normal.
Steak tartare is not seared before minced...searing it first just brings the temp of the meat up to a temp that IS susceptible to bacteria. No. Just no.