Easiest Way to Cook Delicious Steak Diane

Steak Diane. Sprinkle the steaks on both sides with the salt and pepper. Tried this recipe because Steak Diane is served at our favorite restaurant. This was very good, but it lacked the more complex flavor of that served in a restaurant.

Here you will find out how to cook steak Diane, great weekend recipe. For main course pour some olive oil into a hot pan, remove all fat from the steaks. Slice steaks thin and season them. You can have Steak Diane using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Steak Diane

1. You need of Sirloin steak or any cut you prefer.
2. You need 3 cloves of garlic.
3. It's 2 of tbps salted butter.
4. You need of Olive oil.
5. It's of Salt.
6. Prepare of Pepper.
7. Prepare 1 of white onion.
8. Prepare 1/4 cup of button mushrooms.
9. You need 1 of tbps mustard.
10. You need 1/4 cup of heavy cream.
11. Prepare 1 shot of brandy or cogniac.
12. You need 3-4 of tbps of Worcester Sauce.
13. You need of Parsley.
14. It's 1 handful of peas (optional).

Fry very quickly on both sides, then, set steaks aside. Into the same pan add some chopped shallots and season. Slice mushrooms, add butter and crushed garlic. Meanwhile, bring salted water to a boil in a medium saucepan and fill a medium bowl with ice water.

Steak Diane instructions

1. Hot pan, olive oil. Season and sear the steaks with 2 cloves of garlic (cook to the degree that you prefer). Add the butter to the pan then baste. Once cooked, take it off the heat and rest the meat..
2. On the same pan, saute the chopped onion and 1 clove of garlic until soft. Season with salt, pepper, mustard and Worcester sauce then add the mushrooms..
3. Pour the brandy on one side of the pan then slightly tilt over the flame to flambe or just let the alcohol cook-out without flaming. (Be careful when flaming. Make sure that you can control the fire on the pan. Always have a wet towel ready or flour to put out the flames if it gets out of control)..
4. Swirl the remaining juices around, add the cream then reduce. Add chopped parsley..
5. You can put the steaks back in the cream to finish cooking or you can just spoon the sauce on top of the steaks during plating..
6. You can serve it with baked potato wedges (as seen on my picture) or with mashed potatoes. Bon appetit..

Steak Diane was a staple on menus in fine dining establishments back in the day. Prepared tableside where the server ignited the cognac, it was an impressive sight. You don't need to flame the cognac; just keeping it on the heat will eventually evaporate the alcohol. Using a rolling pin, roll out the steaks to flatten and cut off any excess fat. Season the steaks on both sides with salt and pepper.