- Things to Know Before Making Hollandaise. Hollandaise sauce only requires three essential ingredients — egg yolks, butter and an acid of some sort.
- Go for fancy in 10 minutes or less, with this easy homemade hollandaise sauce to top any dish, like eggs benedict, fish, or vegetables.
- The real Dutch sauce (called sauce hollandaise in French cuisine) is probably the most versatile classic sauce of all.
- Hollandaise sauce, a hallmark of classic French cuisine, is a silky, buttery, tangy delight that has graced breakfast tables and elegant dinners for centuries.
- Not just for eggs Benedict, hollandaise sauce is delicious drizzled over many seafood and vegetable dishes including salmon and asparagus.
- Watch our step-by-step video to find out secret to making perfect Hollandaise sauce to serve over dishes like eggs Benedict.
- Our recipe for Hollandaise Sauce looks to the classic method of whisking butter piece by piece into egg yolks, which have been gently cooked in a double boiler.
- Aside from it’s most common use as a sauce for Eggs Benedict, hollandaise is also excellent on vegetables such as asparagus, broccoli, or carrots.
- If you don’t see this change, the hollandaise sauce will not correctly thicken. The butter is warmed to about 140 to 145ºF (60 to 63ºC).
- This hollandaise sauce is a regular at our table because it is easy to make and full of healthy proteins and fats, and our kids’ favorite sauce for its buttery flavor.