Origin of steak Diane

[wetback]

Anyone know where tis dish originated? Jacques Pepin writes that he hadn`t heard of it until he came to the US; perhaps it started here, like vichysoisse?

[skidoo2u]

A: Created at the Copacabana Palace Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, individual beef steaks are pounded flat, quickly cooked in butter and flamed with cognac. The cognac sauce is typically finished with sherry, butter and chives.