Béarnaise sauce is, in essense,
a kicked-up hollandaise sauce.
Béarnaise
Sauce
- Hollandaise Sauce:
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3 eggs, yolks only
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
Pinch of cayenne pepper
Béarnaise:
- 1 teaspoon chopped shallots
1 small sprig chopped tarragon
2 peppercorns
1/4 cup vinegar
- To make Hollandaise Sauce:
In a small sauce pan heat butter to a bubble, but don’t
brown it.
- In a blender, add egg
yolks, lemon juice, salt and cayenne pepper.
- While blending at high
speed, gradually add the hot butter.
- Blend for about 15 seconds
or until the sauce has thickened and is smooth. This is your
basic blender hollandaise sauce.
- To make Béarnaise:
In a skillet simmer shallots, tarragon, peppercorns, salt and
vinegar.
- Cook until the liquid
has been reduced by 2/3.
- Add this mix to the hollandaise,
cover, and blend on high for about 4 seconds.
Makes 1 cup.
Recipe and video provided
courtesy of HolidayKitchen.tv. Photograph property of CooksRecipes.com.
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