• Hollandaise is an emulsion sauce: a sauce where two ingredients that don’t usually blend (water and fat) are suspended together.
  • You’re probably most familiar with hollandaise sauce over poached eggs in Eggs Benedict, but it’s an incredibly versatile topping.
  • Things to Know Before Making Hollandaise. Hollandaise sauce only requires three essential ingredients — egg yolks, butter and an acid of some sort.
  • My Easy Hollandaise Sauce recipe is so simple to make, and only 4 ingredients! It's rich and mild, with a silky texture and buttery flavor.
  • For this low-fat Hollandaise sauce you'll need: eggs, butter, applesauce, olive oil, dry mustard, cornstarch, Tabasco sauce on wooden surface.
  • Like it’s daughter sauce, Béarnaise, Hollandaise is an emulsion sauce, made by marrying two ingredients that are not the least bit inclined to wed.
  • Sometimes perceived as a difficult sauce, Hollandaise is actually pretty simple after following just a couple important directions.
  • Go for fancy in 10 minutes or less, with this easy homemade hollandaise sauce to top any dish, like eggs benedict, fish, or vegetables.
  • Hollandaise sauce is a creamy staple that’s great for breakfast or brunch! This formula is simple and guaranteed to work. In a blender, it only takes 5 minutes.
  • It’s also important that the water not be boiling as the yolks will heat too quickly and you will have scrambled eggs which does not make a good hollandaise sauce.