Questions tagged [hollandaise]
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Eggs Benedict using Goats milk butter
Hi I'm a new user to the group, having just used the Hairy biker recipe for hollandaise sauce as a treat for Sunday brunch eggs Benedict.
This are the ingredients:
225g/8oz butter, cut into pieces
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Why different techniques for mayonnaise and hollandaise sauces?
There is very little difference between mayonnaise and hollandaise sauce; each is basically an emulsion of egg yolk and fat, with various emulsifiers and flavours added.
The significant difference is ...
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Is there any way to store hollandaise sauce?
I've just made hollandaise sauce following Alton Brown method. I used only about 4 tablespoons and I have about 1 cup left.
Using google I found that I shouldn't put it on the fridge, doesn't freeze ...
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How can I fix a hollandaise sauce after it has split?
I made a hollandaise sauce on the weekend and it split so I threw it out and started again but I was wondering if there is anything you can do to save it once it splits?
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Overly buttery hollandaise?
This is my second attempt at making hollandaise. I did it with a double boiler, and the recipe was 1 egg yolk, 4 tbsp of butter, a little water, lemon juice, salt, cayenne pepper, and black pepper. ...
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First time cooking/eating asparagus, what's the best way to cook it? [closed]
So I'm going to bake some salmon fillets today along with potatoes and hollandaise sauce.
I always see asparagus being eaten with salmon so I went and bought some. Ive never made it before so I was ...
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How to keep Hollandaise sauce from "setting" before serving
I have been making Hollandaise sauce using a Gordon Ramsey recipe (https://youtu.be/vyd6PluAH3k); and while it is good and tasty, if I don't make it as the very last thing it seems to "set" or become ...
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What's the difference between hollandaise, mayonnaise, and aïoli?
I was following a recipe by Gordon Ramsay, that included a hollandaise.
However while making it I couldn't help but think I was making a warm mayonnaise.
This brings me to my question: What's the ...
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Hollandaise or Bernaise?
It's my understanding that once you add any herbs to Hollandaise that it is no longer Hollandaise but Bearnaise?
Is this a correct assumption?
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What is the emulsification power of 1 egg yolk?
How much oil (fat) can one egg yolk hold safely before you risk the sauce breaking?
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How to rescue a Hollandaise with too much lemon
I accidentally doubled the amount of lemon juice in my Hollandaise recipe. The result is much too sour to be usable, but if not for that, the sauce would be okay.
Could I rescue this sauce by ...
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Perfect Hollandaise every time using a blender/food processor?
I was a cook at a cafe recently that was buying in Hollandaise. I started making the sauce from scratch following the same basic procedure each time but got varying results. sometimes the Hollandaise ...
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Substituting lime juice for lemon juice in hollandaise/mayonnaise?
If I have fresh limes on hand but not fresh lemons, can I use the limes to make hollandaise and mayonnaise? Assuming it works, what effect will the lime juice have on flavor and texture?
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Can hollandaise be made with frozen lemon juice?
In my other question -- Are there any reasonable substitutes for lemon juice? -- I learned a cool technique to preserve lemon juice by freezing it in an ice tray. I'm considering making a hollandaise, ...