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Hollandaise Sauce

Here's how you make Hollandaise Sauce
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  • Servings: 2
  • Prep: 5m
  • Cook: 15m
    • The following recipe serves 2 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons water (cold water)
  • 3 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 1/3 cup butter (clarified, warm)
  • Salt, pinch
  • Ground cayenne/red pepper, pinch
  • Hot water, as needed
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: In a stainless bowl over simmering water or in top of a double boiler, vigorously and continuously whisk together egg yolks, cold water and lemon juice until mixture thickens and is doubles in volume.

  • Step 2: Continue whisking; gradually drizzle in warm clarified butter, salt and cayenne. Mixture should thicken and double again in volume.

  • Step 3: Remove from heat. Salt and pepper to taste. Keep in warm spot until ready to serve. If sauce gets too thick whisk in a couple of teaspoons of warm water at at time until desired consistency is reached.

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