Fillet steak with broken peppercorns

Beef steak with a sauce of red wine, shallots and parsley.

Beef burger. Hamburger.

A steak of beef or perhaps horse sautéed in butter and served with beurre marchand de vin.

Minced (US: ground) beef with sorrel and bone marrow.

Beef tartar. This is made from very finely chopped raw fillet of beef mixed with onion, gherkins (US: dill pickles) and capers and formed into the shape of a steak. A depression is made in the top into which a raw egg is broken. It is eaten raw. The meat really should not be minced (US: ground). It is thought to have originated with the fierce Tartars of the Baltic region of Russia who shredded the meat with a knife and ate it raw.

"Beef steak." This should mean beef steak but can mean a steak cut from horse. Essentially, it is a cheap cut.

A beef steak sautéed in butter or grilled and served with a fried egg and cooking juices.

Beef burger. Hamburger.

A slang name for beef tartar. This is made from very finely chopped raw fillet of beef mixed with onion, gherkins (US: dill pickles) and capers and formed into the shape of a steak. A depression is made in the top into which a raw egg is broken. It is eaten raw. The meat really should not be minced (US: ground). It is thought to have originated with the fierce Tartars of the Baltic region of Russia who shredded the meat with a knife and ate it raw.