Steak Diane

serves 6 persons

3  lbs. Filet of beef, center cut,

    cut into 12 pieces @ 4 oz. each

6  tablespoons butter
1/4 cup Brandy or Cognac

1/4 cup minced shallots or red onions

1/4 cup heavy cream

2  cups sliced mushrooms

2  tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

1  cup demi glace

2  tablespoons Dijon mustard

1/2 cup Marsala wine

1 1/2  cup red wine

    salt and freshly ground pepper

Season filets with salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce and mustard.

Preheat skillet till very hot, add butter and sear filets quickly on both sides, 4 filets at a time.

After filets are seared, remove from skillet, set them aside.

Add the other half of butter to the skillet, and saute shallots and mushrooms until light brown.

Put filets, which were set aside, back into skillet and flame them with Brandy.

Deglaze with Marsala and red wine.

Remove filets from skillet and set aside.

Add demi glace to skillet with mushroom & wine mixture, and reduce by one third.

Add filets to the skillet and turn several times, while cooking to your liking.

Remove filets from the sauce and keep warm.

Finish the sauce with heavy cream and check for seasoning.

Set up filets on hot plates (2 filets per person) and top with Diane sauce.

Serve vegetables and fettuccine or rice Pilaf on the side.

Diane, the Roman goddess of nature (hunting), fertility and

childbirth. Diana is also a moon goddess.

Torch bearing processions were held in her honor.

Diana was originally a goddess of fertility and she was worshipped

mainly by women as the giver of fertility and easy births.

Under Greek influence she was equated with Artemis and assumed many of her aspects. Her name is possibly derived from "diviana" ("the shining one")

She is portrayed as huntress accompanied by a deer.