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Hollandaise Sauce

Hollandaise Sauce
  • Time : 55 minutes
  • Difficulty :  medium

Ingredients for Hollandaise Sauce :

  • 300 g butter
  • 5 egg yolks
  • 1/2 lemon juice
  • salt
  • cayenne pepper

Technical stages for Hollandaise Sauce :

Hollandaise Sauce - 1
1

Clarify the butter in a small bowl.

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2

Let it melt slowly. Decant the butter when clarified. Keep warm.

Hollandaise Sauce - 3
3

Put the egg yolks in a skillet, with 1 tablespoon water for each. Whisk energetically, forming eights in the pot, over a slow and increasing heat. Cooking must be done around 65°C (149°F) to obtain a sabayon (preferably use a copper or inox pan).

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4

Take away from heat when creamy (each turn of the whisk must let you see the bottom of the pot). If the yolks become too thick while cooking, add a bit of water.

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5

Away from the heat, slowly combine the clarified butter with the egg yolks, using a small whisk. Add the lemon juice at last.

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6

Season with salt and a dash of Cayenne pepper. Keep warm, but not in a bain marie.

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The essentials

To make this recipe, some of these items will be required:

Hemispherical rolled edge mixing bowl Ø 20 cmHemispherical rolled edge mixing bowl Ø 20 cm 16.50 Euro
Stainless steel whisk 12 cmStainless steel whisk 12 cm 11.80 Euro