This quick version can
be served with the same foods as the 'traditional' Hollandaise
sauce.
Hollandaise
Blender Sauce
- 3 large egg yolks
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 tablespoons butter
- In a blender or food processor,
blend together egg yolks*, lemon juice, salt and cayenne pepper.
Blend until the color lightens and they are very well blended.
- Melt butter in a small
saucepan to the just bubbling stage, do not let it brown. With
the machine still running, incorporate hot butter, drop by drop
into yolk mixture. The sauce will thicken as the hot butter is
added. Serve as soon as possible.
Makes about 2/3 cup.
* EGG SAFETY NOTE: There's
no need to heat the egg yolks in a saucepan; the butter, heated
until bubbling, cooks the egg yolks slightly.