The dish is named after one of the members of the influential Stroganov family. Elena Molokhovets’s classic Russian cookbook A Gift to Young Housewives gives the first known recipe for Govjadina po-strogonovski, s gorchitseju, “Beef à la Stroganov, with mustard”, in its 1871 edition. In 1891, the French chef Charles Brière, who was working in Saint Petersburg, submitted a recipe for beef Stroganoff to a competition sponsored by the French magazine L’Art culinaire. Another recipe, this one from 1909, adds onions and tomato sauce, and classic beef stroganoff recipe it with crisp potato straws, which are considered the traditional side dish for beef Stroganoff in Russia.