Fillet Steak With Diane Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• add butter to a large frying pan and pan fry steaks until cooked to your requirements, set aside in the oven on a low heat to keep warm. ensure well covered to stop them drying out. reserve pan juices.
• whilst the steak is cooking saute onions and mushrooms in another pan.
• place chopped garlic into pan juices and gently saute in the butter. add the beef stock cube, worcestershire sauce and black pepper. add the brandy and simmer until the alcohol has burnt off. combine the mushrooms and onions into the sauce and add the single cream to the sauce. simmer to warm through but ensure you watch for curdling. finish with black pepper and pour onto the steaks.
• serve with jacket potatoes and green vegetables.

Steps:

• Flatten fillets a bit with the palm of your hand, the back of a skillet or a small mallet; they should be about 1-inch thick. Sprinkle with salt and a lot of pepper. In small skillet, preferably one just large enough to hold fillets, combine oil and tablespoon of butter over medium-high heat. When butter foam melts, sear steaks on both sides, just until browned, no more than 2 minutes a side. Remove to platter.
• Wipe pan clean with towel; add remaining butter over medium heat, with shallot or onion. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 2 minutes. Stir in mustard, Worcestershire and cream. Add some salt and a fair amount of pepper. Stir once or twice, then taste and adjust seasoning.
• Keeping mixture at a steady simmer, return meat and accumulated juices to pan. Cook, turning two or three times, until meat is done to your liking (125 degrees internal temperature for medium-rare). Remove to a plate, and add lemon juice, if using, salt and pepper to the sauce as needed. Spoon sauce over meat, garnish with chives or parsley, and serve.