> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://onesandwich.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Broodje Filet Americain - URL: https://onesandwich.com/broodje-filet-americain/ - Published: 2026-05-17T15:16:52.000Z - Updated: 2026-05-26T10:57:12.000Z - Description: American filet sandwich; raw beef tartare (filet americain) spread on bread. Despite name, a Belgian/Dutch invention. Seasoned raw ground... - Author: Andrew Lekashman - Tags: Netherlands, Split Roll Sandwiches, Broodje Vlees & Vleeswaren, #auto-imported **馃嚦馃嚤 Netherlands** 路 Family: [Broodje Vlees & Vleeswaren](https://onesandwich.com/tag/broodje-vlees/) 路 Bread: broodje 路 Proteins: beef --- Ingredients broodje 路 beef 路 mayonnaise 路 onion 路 caper 路 worcestershire sauce The *Broodje Filet Americain* is a Dutch roll built around a spread of seasoned raw beef. The name points at America, but *filet americain* is a Belgian and Dutch preparation: finely ground raw beef worked with onion, capers, and Worcestershire into a smooth, pinkish, spoonable paste. The angle is that this is a raw-meat sandwich treated as a soft topping rather than a steak. Served cold, it lives or dies on the quality and freshness of the beef and on a seasoning that reads as savory and sharp rather than flat. The build is short and the order matters. The *filet americain* is made from very fresh lean beef, ground fine and mixed with finely minced raw onion, chopped capers, a measure of Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper, sometimes loosened with a little mayonnaise or egg yolk so it spreads cleanly. It goes onto a soft white *broodje*, split and spread thickly and evenly to the edges so no bite is dry bread. Common finishing touches are a few extra capers, a grind of pepper, or thin onion rings on top. Good execution is beef that tastes clean and cold with the onion and capers cutting through the richness, a spread thick enough to carry the roll, and seasoning that registers without burying the meat. Sloppy execution is a greyish, oxidized paste that tastes tired, an over-mayonnaised mixture with no beef character, or so much Worcestershire and onion that the meat disappears entirely. Variation is mostly about garnish and acidity. Some counters keep it austere, beef and bread alone, while others add a leaf of lettuce, sliced *augurk*, hard-boiled egg, or a dusting of paprika for color. The ratio of capers to onion is where a deli develops a recognizable house version. It sits within the broader Dutch *broodje vlees* family of meat rolls, and the cooked-meat rolls in that family are distinct sandwiches that deserve their own articles rather than being crowded in here. At its best the *Broodje Filet Americain* is judged on three things: beef that is unmistakably fresh, a seasoning balance that keeps onion and capers in conversation with the meat, and a spread applied thickly enough to make the roll feel filled rather than smeared. --- ## More from this family Other [Broodje Vlees & Vleeswaren](https://onesandwich.com/tag/broodje-vlees/) sandwiches in Netherlands: - [Broodje Achterham](https://onesandwich.com/broodje-achterham/) - [Broodje Babi Pangang](https://onesandwich.com/broodje-babi-pangang/) - [Broodje Bacon](https://onesandwich.com/broodje-bacon/) - [Broodje Beenham](https://onesandwich.com/broodje-beenham/) - [Broodje Biefstuk](https://onesandwich.com/broodje-biefstuk/) - [Broodje Boterhamworst](https://onesandwich.com/broodje-boterhamworst/) - [Broodje Carpaccio](https://onesandwich.com/broodje-carpaccio/) - [Broodje Cervelaat](https://onesandwich.com/broodje-cervelaat/) [See all Broodje Vlees & Vleeswaren sandwiches 鈫抅(https://onesandwich.com/tag/broodje-vlees/)