Hollandaise Sauce

A creamy mixture of egg yolks, butter and lemon juice – this Hollandaise Sauce is a classic recipe that you can use on a variety of things.

If you’ve never tried Hollandaise Sauce over anything in your life, you are absolutely missing out.

It is so flavorful and compliments things so so well. Especially when it is served with over it’s classic partner Eggs Benedict for breakfast.

But don’t think that that is the only thing that this sauce can be served with, it is multipurpose and that is a reason to keep it in your recipe book.

Creamy and flavorful, you just want to lick the plate when you are done using this, at least I do.

This has long been one of my favorite sauces, and you really cannot go wrong with it at all.

So if you are looking to make your own Eggs Benedict or other recipes, then you need this Hollandaise Sauce in your arsenal.

Some of my other favorite sauce recipes that we have on our site include: Homemade Tartar Sauce, Fry Sauce and Hot Honey.

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS:

• With minimal ingredients, this comes together in about 10 minutes.
• Can be served with a variety of dishes.
• You can easily double this recipe to use more or keep it on hand.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST):

Unsalted butter
Egg yolks
Fresh lemon juice
Salt

HOW TO MAKE HOLLANDAISE SAUCE, STEP BY STEP:

1. Prepare the hollandaise sauce by whisking egg yolks, lemon juice and salt together in a small mixing bowl until slightly thickened, about 2 minutes.
2. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat until just starting to bubble, then slowly add to the egg yolk mixture while whisking briskly.
3. Continue whisking until thickened, about 2 ½ minutes, cover immediately, and set aside and serve while warm.

WHY DO YOU SLOWLY ADD THE BUTTER TO THE EGG MIXTURE?

This is called tempering, and this ensures that you are not cooking/scrambling your eggs while you are adding the hot butter.

This sauce can be easy to break or make it lumpy from the eggs cooking, and doing this method really helps keep it smooth and the texture that we want it to be.

IS THERE A QUICKER WAY TO BLEND THE SAUCE?

You can use a blender if you do not want to wear out your arm whisking this.

To do this, add the egg yolks, lemon juice and salt to the blender and blend together until thickened slightly.

Melt your butter and then with the blender on, slowly add the melted butter into the blender making sure it mixes together well.

CAN I ADD ANYTHING TO THE SAUCE?

Yes you can, this is a very basic Hollandaise Sauce Recipe that we are making, so you can add things to your liking.

Some people add pepper, cayenne pepper, dijon mustard, etc. Add things to your preference to amp up the sauce.

WHAT ELSE CAN I USE HOLLANDAISE SAUCE ON?

Like I said that this is such a versatile sauce and not just used for Eggs Benedict! Some of our favorite ways to serve the sauce include:

• Eggs Royale
• Eggs Benedict Quiche
• Oven Roasted Asparagus
• Ham Asparagus Lemon Butter Pasta
• Steamed Broccoli
• Grilled Chicken
• Fish
• Scrambled Eggs
• Omelette

There is so much that you can do with Hollandaise Sauce that just try it over something and see what you like best!

HOW TO STORE:

This can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator where it will keep for up to 2 days.

We do not recommend freezing this sauce.

To reheat, I like to use a double boiler so that the sauce is not on direct heat and heat until just warmed through making sure to whisk continuously.

You can also microwave this, but be careful and only microwave in 10 second increments stirring in between until heated through.

TIPS AND TRICKS:

• Serve this over your favorite dishes, see some ideas above.
• This can be made in a blender if needed, see above on how to do that.
• We do not recommend freezing this sauce.
• You can add some other ingredients to the sauce such as cayenne pepper, pepper, dijon mustard, etc.
• Easily double the recipe, but remember this only lasts about 2 days in the refrigerator.
• Make sure that you add your melted butter slowly so it does not cook/scramble the eggs.

Love sauces? Then this is Hollandaise Sauce is one that you have to keep on hand for various recipes.

If you like this recipe you might also like:

• Creme Anglaise
• Tzatziki Sauce
• Homemade Alfredo Sauce
• Bourbon Caramel Sauce

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