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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE STEAK-DIANE M "6 Jun 88" 1989
- .RZ "STEAK DIANE" "Steak in chive sauce"
- This is from Pierre Franey's
- . 60-Minute Gourmet,
- one of the two or three cookbooks I use the most.
- This recipe is not for people who think that well-done steak is edible.
- .IH "4 servings"
- .IG "4" "filet mignon steaks"
- about
- .AB "6 oz" "200 g"
- each
- .IG "" "Salt to taste"
- .IG "" "Freshly ground pepper to taste"
- .IG "2 Tbsp" "Olive oil" "30 ml"
- .IG "3 Tbsp" "Butter" "50 ml"
- .IG "3 Tbsp" "Chopped chives" "50 ml"
- or shallots
- .IG "2 Tbsp" "Cognac" "30 ml"
- .IG "3 Tbsp" "Chopped parsley" "50 ml"
- .IG "1 tsp" "Dijon mustard" "5 ml"
- .IG "\(12 tsp" "Worcestershire sauce" "2.5 ml"
- .IG "2 tsp" "beef or chicken broth" "10 ml"
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Pound the steaks (try using the bottom of your cast-iron skillet)
- until they're about
- .AB "\(14 inch" "\(12 cm"
- thick. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, to taste.
- .SK 2
- Heat a large, preferably cast-iron, skillet over high heat. When
- very hot, add the olive oil and some butter.
- .SK 3
- Add two of the steaks, cooking 90 seconds on one side and 30 seconds
- on the other. Do not overcook! Transfer the two steaks to a platter
- and cook the other two the same way.
- .SK 4
- Remove pan from heat, add the chives, return to heat, and cook 10 seconds.
- .SK 5
- Add, while stirring, the
- cognac, parsley, mustard, and Worcestershire sauce, and broth.
- .SK 6
- Stir in the remaining butter.
- .SK 7
- Sprinkle steaks with pepper to taste, and cover them with the sauce.
- Serve immediately.
- .NX
- You can use boneless sirloin instead of the filet mignon.
- .PP
- If you cook fewer or smaller steaks, don't reduce the quantities for
- the sauce ingredients, since it's hard to keep the sauce from burning
- if there isn't enough of it.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- easy.
- .I Time:
- 10 minutes preparation, 5 minutes cooking.
- .I Precision:
- Approximate measurement OK.
- .WR
- Jeffrey Mogul
- Digital Equipment Corp., Western Research Lab, Palo Alto, California, USA
- mogul@decwrl.dec.com decwrl!mogul
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