Beef cut. A thick T-bone steak (from chianina steer) charred on the outside, preferably over charcoal, pink on the inside, served with beans and oil, lemon juice and parsley. It is also known, simply, as fiorentina.
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.
Bistecchina alla cacciatore is beef steak beaten until thin, sautéed with garlic and onions and served with a sauce of red wine, mushrooms and tomatoes.
Wild boar steak in a sweet and sour sauce.
Fried lamb chops
