On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 15:33:32 GMT, The Wolf
wrote:

This recipe and another I have mention nothing about cooking the ground
beef.

What am I missing here?

Nothing. Steak tartare by definition uses raw ground beef, preferably
a very fine cut of steak ground on the spot by your local butcher.
You do not cook the beef for steak tartare. Bon appetit!