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Hollandaise Sauce

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Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 5 ingredients

  1. one tablespoon lemon juice
  2. one-third cup boiling water
  3. Salt
  4. One-half cup butter
  5. two egg yolks
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Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Lemon juice High in vitamin C

    High in vitamin C · 39 mg per 100 g, 48% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of blood vessels.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of bones.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of cartilage.
    11 more authorised claims
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of gums.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of teeth.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal psychological function.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the regeneration of the reduced form of vitamin E.
    • Vitamin C increases iron absorption.

    Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble nutrient found in some foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Lemon juice, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. One-half cup butter;
  2. two egg yolks ;
  3. one tablespoon lemon juice;
  4. one-fourth teaspoon salt;
  5. few grains cayenne;
  6. one-third cup boiling water.
  7. Wash butter with cold water and divide in three parts.
  8. Put first piece in saucepan with egg yolks and lemon juice;
  9. place this pan in a larger saucepan containing boiling water and stir with a wire whisk until butter is melted ;
  10. add second piece of butter, and, as it thickens, the third.
  11. Add water, cook one minute and add salt and cayenne.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Whisk
  • Wooden spoon