Comments on A Series of Kitchen Experiments: Salad: Beef Carpaccio on a Bed of Mesclun

boo_licious: Don't worry about making beef carpacc...

2007-03-26T21:57:00.000-04:00

boo_licious: Don't worry about making beef carpaccio. The bacteria and what not that causes food poisoining or E.Coli infection lives on the outside of the beef. So if you sear your beef on the outside first, you'll be fine...:) With except are burger patties though, where the meat are all minced up and combined. Now that would be an issue if you're gonna eat a contaminated beef raw like Steak Tartare. But otherwise, it's all good.

Radishes, if you eat them whole raw like that, they have a stingy spicy taste that's a bit bitter. And yea, they're very crunchy too. They sort of have a very mild wasabi taste.

But if you eat them with dips and dressing, they are good. When sliced like that in my salad, they're mild and compliment flavors well.

Must admit, never been brave enough to make beef c...

2007-03-26T18:09:00.000-04:00

Must admit, never been brave enough to make beef carpaccio here. I noticed radishes in your salad, any taste to them or are they just crunchy?

Hi Sasi,Yes you can replace beef with venison or l...

2007-03-25T23:22:00.000-04:00

Hi Sasi,

Yes you can replace beef with venison or lamb. However, these meat tend to taste rather gamey. To avoid that strong gamey taste, just marinate your meat with ginger juice before you season it with the other ingredients.

Hope this helps :)

well - i recon what you suggested - tho i dont coo...

2007-03-25T23:04:00.000-04:00

well - i recon what you suggested - tho i dont cook beef tho :)

Im Indian lawl ehehe

Can you replace that with venison or sumthing ?

Yea, but I wanted the beef to have a rarer center ...

2007-03-25T21:21:00.000-04:00

Yea, but I wanted the beef to have a rarer center because that's what carpaccio is about actually...something red. That beef was hardly red enough although it tasted pretty good :)

I always like my beef medium-well. But some medium...

2007-03-25T20:35:00.000-04:00

I always like my beef medium-well. But some medium-well that's served in restaurants can be quite "bloody".