Editing Ground beef (section)

== Culinary use ==
Ground beef is popular as a relatively cheap and quick-cooking form of beef. Some of its best-known uses are in hamburgers, sausages and [[Shepherd's pie|cottage pie]]. It is an important ingredient in meatloaf, sloppy joes, [[meatball]]s, and [[Taco|tacos]], and as a [[pizza]] topping.<ref>{{cite web |title=Foods and Nutrition: Ground Beef |website=Virginia Cooperative Extension Service |url=https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/bitstream/handle/10919/91302/VCE_MF_527.pdf?sequence=1}}</ref> It can be used to make meat sauces, for example, lasagna and [[Bolognese sauce|spaghetti bolognese]] in Italian cuisine. In the Middle East, it is used to make spicy [[kofta]] and meatballs. The Scottish dish 'mince and tatties" uses it with mashed or boiled potatoes. In [[Lancashire]], particularly Oldham, minced meat is a common filling for [[rag pudding]]. The Dutch [[slavink]] consists of ground meat (half beef, half pork) rolled in bacon.

Raw, lean, ground beef is used to make [[steak tartare]], a French dish. More finely diced and differently seasoned, it is popular as a main course and as a dressing in [[Belgium]], where it is known as [[filet américain]] ("American fillet").