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Easy
Published 1965
Combine lemon juice, water, salt and white pepper in the top of a double saucepan or bain-marie. Divide butter into 4 equal pieces. Add the egg yolks and a quarter of the butter to the liquid in the saucepan, and stir the mixture rapidly and constantly with a wire whisk over hot, but not boiling, water until the butter is melted and the mixture begins to thicken. Add the second piece of