The Food Issue
2014
Grains
West
38
Feature
Alberta
Beef Tartare
with Smoked Oyster Sauce
& Prairie Sage Crackers
“This beer and food thing has really taken off in the last year or two,” said smith. “People are experiencing new
flavours, and they’re enjoying them. I don’t think it’s awhole lot more complicated than that.”
Pairing the uniquely formulatedwild rose Velvet fog (awheat beer that also incorporates 50 per cent barley in the
brewing process) with a simple and inventive take on beef tartare, this appetizer is all about themeat. nestled
between red fife- and flax-based crackers, the unbeatable taste of sirloin is a natural combinationwith the fresh tang
of the unfilteredwheat ale.