Beef Tartare Loaf (1962)

For a New Year's Eve buffet, serves 50 when accompanied by other foods.

• 5 pounds sirloin or other beef, trimmed and ground
• 4 or 5 egg yolks, slightly beaten
• 3 medium-sized onions, finely minced
• 5 tspns salt
• 1 tspn freshly ground pepper
• 1/2 cup minced parsley
• Chives
• Capers

Mix beef with egg yolks, onions, salt, pepper, and parsley. When thoroughly blended, form in a loaf or long roll, and sprinkle with minced chives. Stud with whole capers.

(Origin - "The Dinner Party Cook Book," a Sunset Book by the Sunset Editorial Staff, 1962.)