Homemade Hollandaise Sauce
Hollandaise sauce. It’s what makes breakfast more beautiful (and way more delicious). It’s easier than you think to make homemade Hollandaise sauce from scratch. If you can use a whisk, you can make this sauce.
Servings 4 Servings
Calories 266kcal
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter (1 stick)
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice more or less to taste
- 2-3 tablespoon milk or half and half
Optional
- dash cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Melt butter. In a sauce pan, over medium heat, melt the stick of butter.
- Add yolks, lemon juice and milk.Whisk continually for about 3-5 minutes or until sauce starts to get thick and frothy then remove from heat.
- Season. Finally sprinkle and stir in cayenne pepper (if desired) and serve immediately.
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Notes
- Use salted butter, or if you want to control the amount of salt, use unsalted and add your own salt to taste.
- Feel free to adjust the amount of lemon juice to make your sauce more or less tangy.
Nutrition
Calories: 266kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 257mg | Sodium: 214mg | Potassium: 40mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 978IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 39mg | Iron: 1mg
