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Hollandaise Sauce
Yield 2 cups
Hollandaise is one of the five mother sauces and is a rich smooth sauce. It is made by combining egg yolk, cream, and acidity which is then cooked over simmering water. Hollandaise can be combined with whip cream and/or veloute to make a glacage, which is used to coat a dish which is then lightly browned under a salamander or broiler just before served.
Ingredients:
3 egg yolks
1-tablespoon cream
1 cup (1/2 pound) melted butter, cooled to room temperature
1 tablespoon lemon juice or white wine vinegar
½ teaspoon salt
Dash of cayenne pepper
Directions:
Place a small thick ceramic bowl in a heavy-bottmed pan or use a heavyweight double boiler. Off the heat, add the egg yolks and cream to the double boiler and stir with a wire whisk until blended-the mixture should not be beaten but stirred, vigorously and continually. Place the bowl over hot simmering water ( the heavy bottem pan should contain 1/12 inches of water, the water should not touch the bowl). Stir the eggs constantly. once the eggs have thickened to a consistency of very heavy cream, add the cooled, melted butter with one hand, and stirring vigorously with the other. Make sure to pour the butter very slowly so that the each addition is incorporated into the egg mixture evenly, before more is added. Once all the butter is added, add the lemon juice or vinegar one drop at a time, and immediately remove from the heat. Add salt and cayenne.
If your sauce breaks (curdles), don’t worry. Just transfer your broken sauce to another bowl and clean out the one you have been using. Restart by adding a fresh yolk into the pot. start over again using the broken sauce as if it were the butter.