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Hollandaise Sauce
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A rich, creamy hollandaise sauce makes the perfect accompaniment to so many dishes from a classic eggs benedict, an upscaled salmon eggs benedict to fish or roasted asparagus. It’s such a simple sauce to make as well and one that every home cook can easily master. Managing the temperature while making the hollandaise sauce is really the key.

Here’s how I make mine.

Hollandaise Sauce

Sauces 13 mins

Prep Time 3 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Servings 4
Course Sauce
Cuisine French
Author Robyn Stone | Add a Pinch
Hollandaise sauce makes a classic, rich creamy sauce to pair with so many dishes from poached eggs to asparagus.

Ingredients  

  • 2 egg yolks
  • 2 teaspoons vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons cream
  • Salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper optional
  • 6 tablespoons butter cut into 8 pieces

Instructions 

  • Add egg yolks, vinegar, and cream to a glass bowl.
  • Whisk until very well combined and have nearly doubled in volume.
  • Add salt and cayenne pepper.
  • Place glass bowl over a small saucepan with water.
  • Do not let the glass bowl touch the water.
  • Bring the water in the saucepan to a low simmer.
  • Beat sauce with wire whisk until contents reach the consistency of a thick cream.
  • Turn off heat and add butter to the sauce, whisking until creamy.
  • Pour into a serving container.

Nutritional Information

Calories: 206kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 153mg | Sodium: 157mg | Potassium: 23mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 817IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 1mg

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Robyn Stone

Robyn Stone is a wife, mom, blogger, recipe developer, and cookbook author. Welcome to Add a Pinch where I share thousands of delicious, tested and perfected easy recipes that the whole family will love.

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  1. I really should get over my fear of making Hollandaise sauce. I think it’s just a fear of sauces in general. Gah.
    Yours looks lovely. 🙂

  2. I have not had hollandaise in ages! This looks like the perfect recipe to change all that! Beautiful!