Eggs Benedict

Name: Eggs Benedict
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: white vinegar or rice vinegar; 12–24 bacon slices; 12 eggs; 1 teaspoon white wine; 115 g (4 oz) unsalted butter (preferably clarified), melted; 2 egg yolks; 1 teaspoon lemon juice; cayenne pepper (optional); 6 English muffins; 100 g (3½ oz) butter

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

New York Cult Recipes

By Marc Grossman

Published 2013

About

Legend has it that a guest at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York invented eggs Benedict in the hope of easing his hangover. While off-the-shelf hollandaise sauces are readily available, I encourage you to make your own. It will make all the difference.

Ingredients

Hollandaise Sauce

2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon

Americas
United States
Breakfast
New York

Method

The Sauce

Bring a saucepan of water to the boil and turn off the heat. In a large bowl, whisk the egg yolks, lemon juice and wine (or water) until the mixture has thickened noticeably. Place the bowl over the saucepan of hot water and slowly pour in the melted butter while whisking constantly to form an emulsion that should be a bit less thick than a mayonn