In this preparation of steak diane, filet mignon is dressed with a simple pan sauce laced with brandy and set aflame.
Considered a signature entrée at Manhattan’s beloved Drake Hotel, Steak Diane is widely attributed to Beniamino Schiavon, the Drake’s maître d’hôtel from 1942 to 1967. The hitch? Schiavon probably invented the sirloin’s flambéed cream sauce in collaboration with chef Luigi Quaglino during the 1930s, when the two worked together in Belgium.
And though many assume the name references the Roman goddess of the hunt, The New York Times, in its 1968 obituary of Schiavon, described the titular Diane only as a “beauty of the 1920s.” SAVEUR's take on the steak, originally published in March 1997, upgrades the beef from the Drake’s original sirloin to tender filet mignon.Featured in the March 1997 issue.
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