A small bowl of hollandaise with more sauce running off a silver spoon

Hollandaise sauce

Name: Hollandaise sauce
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 egg yolks (freeze the whites to use in another recipe); 1 tsp dijon mustard; 1 tbsp white wine vinegar; 250g unsalted butter melted; ½ lemon juiced

Adam Bush

Published: May 25, 2022 at 5:05 PM

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Serves 4

Easy

Total time: 30 mins

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Make this silky hollandaise sauce at home – the key is thorough whisking as all the ingredients need to be properly emulsified

Gluten free

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Ingredients

Nutrition

2 egg yolks

(freeze the whites to use in another recipe)
1 tsp dijon mustard
1 tbsp white wine vinegar
250g unsalted butter

melted
½ lemon

juiced

Nutrition: Per serving

kcal500
fat54.4g
saturates33.4g
carbs0.6g
sugars0.6g
fibre0g
protein2g
salt0.2g

Method

step 1

Fill a pan a third full with just-boiled water from the kettle and set over a low heat. Sit a heatproof bowl on top, ensuring the water isn’t touching the bottom of the bowl. Tip the egg yolks, mustard and white wine vinegar into the bowl, and whisk really well.
step 2

Put the melted butter in a jug and very slowly pour it into the egg yolk mixture, whisking all the time. Start very slowly, only adding a little more once the previous addition has been incorporated and fully emulsified. Keep slowly adding the butter until all of it has been incorporated and you have a smooth, emulsified sauce.
step 3

Remove the sauce from the heat and season with salt, black pepper and a little lemon juice. Serve with poached eggs or asparagus.

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A white-washed background topped with blue plates, with two English muffins, poached eggs and hollandaise sauce on top. There is a cup of coffee and glass of orange juice on the table

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Adam BushDeputy food editor

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