Steak Diane is the retro-cool steak you need in your life right now. This was the best steak I’ve had in a long while. I make and eat a lot of steaks, but for some reason I never thought to make Steak Diane. It blew me away with how good it was. It’s going to be in our weekly rotation for a long time.
If you love steak with mushroom sauce or peppercorn sauce, you’ll love Steak Diane. It’s hampered with a stodgy old name but it’s out of this world delicious and always impressive. It’s the perfect steak for a special occasion or a date night when you want to impress someone. There are no subtle flavors here. It’s smoky, mushroom-y, and deeply meaty. It’s just over the top everything, in a good way.
The perfect special occasion steak
While many people adhere to the adage that steak only needs salt and pepper, there’s no denying that just salt and pepper can be expensive to pull off, especially for a special occasion. It shows off your cooking talent to cook the steak just right, but it’s also a large part just buying the most expensive steak you can afford.
For me personally, it’s also a little boring: I go to steak houses and bistros to experience what they can do with peppercorn, roquefort, compound butters, or stuff like that mystery sauce they serve at le Relais de L’Entrecôte, and I’d like to do the same when doing special occasion meals at home.
