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Express Hollandaise Sauce
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Course:
Sauce

Practical information

  • Prep time
    10 min
  • Cooking
    5 min
  • Ready in
    15 min
  • Difficulty
    Easy
  • Price
    Very friendly budget
  • Rate:
             
 
Serve with cooked fish dishes and vegetables especially aspargus
 

Recipe's Ingredients

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  • 3 egg yolks
  • salt
  • 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
  • 4 tablespoons water
  • ¼ teaspoons freshly ground pepper
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 250 g butter cut into small pieces

  • Recipe preparation steps

  • 1
    Melt the butter in a pan and remove the white foam from the top and strain the yellow liquid into a bowl.
  • 2
    Put the vinegar in a pan with two tablespoons of water and the pepper. Boil rapidly until the liquid has reduced to 1 teaspoon Remove from the heat and stand in a roasting tin half filled with water [ a bain marie].
  • 3
    Stir 1 tablespoon of water into the reduced liquid. Then add the egg yolks one at a time, whisking vigorously after each addition.
  • 4
    Whisk in the butter a little at a time then whisk in the remaining water. The consistency of the sauce should be like thick cream.
  • 5
    Pass the sauce through a sieve and then whisk in the lemon juice and salt to taste.
  • Ready !