Boeuf Avec De La Sauce à Diana (Beef With Sauce Diana)

Submitted by Member 610488

"This recipe is from the restaurant at the Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh, Scotland sometime in the late 1980's according to a newspaper clipping from my grandmother's recipe box."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 4 (6 ounce) beef tenderloin fillets
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 ounces brandy
• salt and pepper, to taste

• Sauce Diana

• 1 cup mushroom, sliced
• 2 shallots, minced
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1⁄2 cup beef stock
• 2 tablespoons butter

directions

1. Salt and pepper the beef.
2. Heat the olive oil and butter in a skillet on medium high until the butter has melted into the olive oil. Cook the beef on both sides for 5 minutes for medium rare.
3. Flambé the beef with the brandy. Remove the beef to a warm platter in the oven while you are making the sauce.
4. In the same skillet, add the shallots, garlic and mushrooms to the pan drippings, cook for 1 minute on medium high, add the beef stock, and simmer for 5 minutes. Whisk the butter into the sauce, salt and pepper to taste.
5. Spoon the sauce over the beef, serve at once with your favorite potatoes.