Steak Pauline (The Steak Formerly Known Equally Diane)

As y'all may know, I haven’t posted for a piece due to the abrupt passing of my mother, Pauline. It’d been a tough few weeks, but she was the ultimate, “the demo must larn on” kind of lady, together with and thus that’s what we’ll do. She had multiple surgeries inward recent years that made it difficult, together with oft painful, to motility to a greater extent than or less her kitchen. Despite this, she’d silent somehow larn by to bake a cake (or two), or build a big batch of cookies to convey to whatever identify unit of measurement lawsuit she was attending.

While cooking together with eating amongst identify unit of measurement was her greatest joy, she every bit good loved going to restaurants. Going out for dinner on Fri nighttime was i of our peachy identify unit of measurement traditions, together with piece I don’t retrieve having Steak Diane cooked table-side, this dish represents that bygone era for me. Looking back, I realize this weekly respite meant much to a greater extent than to her than just a curt interruption from cooking and dishes.

Before I larn into the recipe, I wanted to stimulate got a 2nd to give thank y'all everyone for all the amazing thoughts together with prayers I received during the terminal couplet weeks. I’ve never met the vast bulk of you, but nevertheless, it felt similar I was hearing from hundreds of one-time friends, who somehow knew precisely what to say. There’s no slow means to lose mortal y'all love, but your kind, comforting words, gave me strength.

With that inward mind, I acquaint this incredibly delicious, Steak Diane, which I’m hereby renaming Steak Pauline, inward my mother’s honor. Of course, there’s no official means to hit this, except to just hit it, together with promise it catches on. Even if it doesn’t, at the real least, many years from now, piece surfing the web, I’ll stumble across a recipe for it, together with I’ll smile, thinking of her.

The physical care for hither is real straightforward, together with relatively safe, except mayhap for the exploding fireball step. As long every bit y'all plough off the flame, together with move along your eyebrows at a prophylactic distance piece igniting the liquor, at that topographic point shouldn’t survive whatever existent danger, together with all those Oo’s together with Ah’s are good worth the risk. Hey, that’s what insurance is for.

However, the pyrotechnics are real much for show, together with if you’re concerned, y'all don't stimulate got to ignite the cognac. The alcohol volition silent evaporate every bit the sauce boils, together with the goal upshot volition sense of savor the same. By the way, fifty-fifty if y'all don’t ignite the pan amongst a lighter, it tin privy silent flame upwardly when y'all plough upwardly the rut to reduce, together with thus y'all silent require to survive a piddling careful.

If y'all hit create upwardly one's remove heed to build this, I promise that to a higher identify together with beyond calling it “Steak Pauline,” y'all volition every bit good relish it surrounded past times the people y'all love. While the flames inward the pan eventually move out, the smiles they ignite, together with the memories they produce, volition survive amongst y'all forever. I actually promise y'all give this a endeavor soon. Enjoy!

Ingredients for 2 portions:

For the sauce mixture:

1 generous tablespoon Dijon mustard

2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce

1 teaspoon tomato plant paste

pinch cayenne pepper

1/2 loving cup demi-glace (Or substitute 2 cups rich, low-sodium or salt-free chicken broth. It volition stimulate got longer to reduce, but volition silent hit a peachy sauce. Just survive careful amongst the salt.)

2 teaspoons vegetable oil

two (8-ounce) beef tenderloin steaks, fully trimmed, pounded to 1/2-inch thick (top sirloin volition every bit good run nicely here)

kosher tabular array salt together with freshly dry soil dark pepper

1 tablespoon unsalted butter

3 tablespoons finely minced shallots

1/4 loving cup Cognac or brandy

1/4 loving cup heavy cream

2 teaspoon sliced fresh chives