Craig Claiborne

Hollandaise Sauce

Preparation info
  • Yield:

    ¾ Cup

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking
Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1987

  • About

Ingredients

  • ½ pound butter
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 tablespoon water

Method

  1. Put the butter in a heatproof bowl or glass measuring cup and set it in a basin of simmering water. Let it heat until the butter is melted.
  2. Carefully spoon off the white residue from the top of the clear yellow liquid. Carefully pour off and reserve the yellow liquid. Discard the milky bottom portion.
  3. Combine the egg yolks and water in a saucepan, bea