Hollandaise 101

[squaredtee]

this is a great technique! got it on my first try! no extra pot no wasted water!!!!

just had the best breakfast!

[km13lda]

it's not a mistake to put the bowl in direct contact with the fire. That actually demonstrates how skilled you are making the sauce because the double boiler is just a fail-safe

[UhTheeNuh89]

i add a little cream cheese in addition to the butter! :)

[nyo267n]

Is holding the bowl (over the flame) with a towel really necessary? To me it seems as it would almost be better to feel how warm the bowl is; when it's getting a bit warm, it's time to temporarily remove it from the heat.

[CelticPoison]

@nyo267n The bowl gets pretty damn hot though, hot enough to coagulate the egg yolks.

[nyo267n]

@CelticPoison Oh yeah, maybe 70 degrees (celsius) is a bit too hot, and I wasn't counting on absolute heat distribution in the bowl, but it's metal... so you're probably right.

[joonyoung11]

Great vid. Thank you sooooo much

[vanscoyoc]

Will this method work on an electric stove?

[nyo267n]

@vanscoyoc I can't see why it would not. Just put the pot directly on the stove, use low heat and take it off and on, back and forth, so that it does not overheat (which happens extremely easy). Have you tried it? Did it work?

[saze9y14]

@vanscoyoc I just heat water on the stove and use a smaller bowl to put over the hot water. That way you don't have to worry about burning your emulsion.

[Calbenmike]

Hollandaise is absolutely delicious.

[acarocacaro]

yolks & lots of butter... what a tasty way to clog my heart and die!

[homosuperius]

I usually mix egg yolks with cider vinegar and a tarragon+the lemon juice and it s OK...

[zonarybaka]

eazy , it worked, I just put too much lemon...

[rip123arsalan]

9 people made scrambbled eggs

[SpineMusician]

Best Hollondaise sauce recipe ever.

[whitelynx86]

is it taste much different from homade mayonnaise?

[SprintKing76]

Gotta love the eggs that benny dicked :)

Thankyou chef John - your videos have come a long way but your food is still magical!

[Wisdim4Lif3]

Awesome......personally I think the double boiler is clumsy and feels awkward...no clarified butter, I have no patience for that either it puts me off, I will make hollandaise sause

[xia0lei]

Thanks! Ill try it out!

[stailtoyz]

u disgust me

[CT2507]

@stailtoyz hahaah... idiot!

[stailtoyz]

@CT2507 fuck ur life u egg

[samnoyki]

thanks a lot! :) now i can make a perfect sauce for my eggs benedict.

[msharkfee]

Thank You!!! This video means a lot to me! Reminding my husband is a "big fan" of egg benedict, so its my responsibility to cook him the perfect one. And thank God for you to perfectly explained how to make hollandaise and taught me a nice trick with the egg. Thanks so much!!! x

[bradyischamp]

why is this called hollandaise sauce? as if to mean holland, netherlands, dutch sauce.

[gotamibudou]

@bradyischamp I still don't know even german chocolate cake isn't originated from germany....

[BrooklynBasics]

im definately gonna wear one of your studly hollandaise tshirts and pick up all the ladys

[riverseddy2010]

excellent even with poorer grade  smart phone video

[rockthetropics]

Thank you for posting this video! I just made my first Hollandaise from scratch following your instructions, and it's perfect! Off to enjoy my eggs Benedict. :o)

[gurlalugeng]

wow

[hangawara]

I used to make 30 and 60 yolk batches of hollandaise. In the heat of battle, I even had the opportunity to thicken the yolks in the deep fryer, on the burger grill, on the pancake griddle. " God made food. The devil made cooks."

[Teekaysat]

Thanks for the tips, i'll be using your method tomorrow

[tamick21]

I WILL TRY THIS

[jadore72]

yO TAMPOCO PENSE EN SEPARAR LOS HUEVOS CON LAS MANOS gREAT IDEA!!! GRACIAS GRINGO

[freerock]

Maybe you should use some pasteurize yellow egg.. And I use vinegar in stead of lemon/citron..

[taxfrogmanful]

lol stupid double boiler... egg thru hand is kitchen trick, I learned it in a kitchen... why cayenne? R u from TX?

[Milosmilk]

it makes the flavor a little more complex.

[tamick21]

@taxfrogmanful it's traditional in making hollandiase, you can use paparika if you're sensitive to spicy seasonings.

[MrSnipes911]

i made it with only heating the butter to 175 degrees then add all ingredients to a food processor while its running, then after butter is heated, add the butter very very very very very slowing to the running processor and you have the sauce

[istmo36]

thanks mr gringo!!!!1

[JustOneVoiceOfReason]

A Hollandaise can sense fear... LMAO!

[WarBerJr02]

What a great idea, just use your fingers to separate the egg yolk from the white. Why didn't I think of that?

I did not flip-out when he did not use a double boiler. I use a sauce pan and apply low heat, only rarely taking it off the flame.

I did flip out when he added cayenne pepper to the sauce. That is blasphemy to me.

Great recipe and innovative!

[alwayscookin1]

great recipe, can I make this in advance??

[taxfrogmanful]

@alwayscookin1 You can make hollandaise in advance. Very low heat when you reheat and add drips of melted butter and lemon juice. I wouldn't recommend reheating tho.

[digitalcubano]

Excellent, straightforward video.  I like that you advocate the straight use of heat, instead of relying on simmering water as a temperature buffer.

[garciataisha]

wow that is so like tireding to my dad

[NPatel412]

Good video, but bad quality...

[Ryguy5150]

the fastest way is to do it in a blender

[GuoKaiFeng]

Yeah, if you want it too thick and wrong.

[Ryguy5150]

I bet you that my hollandaise sauce is just as good , and Eric ripert, a 3 michelan star chef , make his hollandaise in a blender

[GuoKaiFeng]

I bet you watch Rachel Ray too.

[Ryguy5150]

oh god no, the day you find me watching rachel ray is the day Sandra Lee makes something that actually looks good

[golddigger0325]

@Ryguy5150 more like the day sandra lee makes something from scratch..

[TheFever77]

@Ryguy5150 Nigella Lawson is THE QUEEN of cooking. A British Goddess!

[dvinb12345]

@Ryguy5150 I actually like Rachel Ray, her recipes...not so much =P

[taxfrogmanful]

@GuoKaiFeng LoL, amen

[Ladyar1ez]

Would I whisk the eggs the same way if I have an electric stove?

[loydwho]

Good video.

[becyourself]

when i try to make hollandaise it is always a magnificent failure

wow i wish i had some right now looks so yum

[GrizzlyRecoveryZone1]

just tried this and it came out thick-- sort of like yellow mayonnaise. But it tasted better than any instant stuff!!

[FaktTheFourthFace]

@anergavin add another yolk and whisk the $hit outta it

[highdefinitionaudio]

lol@ FaktTheFourthFace

I tried ur advice and it works! ill remember next time (if it happens!) to add another yolk and whisk the $hit outta it

[KBlackeagle]

Great set of videos, thanks for your hard work & posting of them. How do you keep Hollandaise sauce warm after you've made it, or should it be made after your main dish is ready?

[ejfhayes]

i hate hollandaise sauce...not the taste but in college i hate having to make this at 8 in the morning

[MasterChefCA]

Rfogy...In my kitchen we only use tabasco sauce to add more acidity into the sauce since it has vinegar in it...and I have cooked my hollandaise this way...ive learned that if u want to do it this way...u can use just a little splash of water into ur egg mix....it helps keeps the eggs from scrambling...nice job to the guy who did this!

[spheere1]

what an ode to cholesterol!!!! My doctor will have a full day with this :-) But having said that, best things in life are either illegal or fattening, so take your pick!

[Jusanicca]

what do i use this sauce for <-noob at home chef.

[HollyTheFireNinja]

He put it on Eggs Benedict.

[suroj]

eggs benedict

[mikenike504]

Eggs benedict, like others have said. It's also great with boiled asparagus.

[TravisDuede]

its a mother sauce. This means it is basically the starting of a huge spider web of other small sauces that you can make using this as a main ingredient. but hollandaise alone taste good with a sauted chicken breast for example. but you may want to season a little more to flavor.

[NoxNoctisUmbra]

If I don't do the double pot method.. chef in school would throw me out the door ! lol

[Rfogy]

nice way to make this if you don't have a double boiler...

tabasco sauce also tastes good with it, in my opinion.

also, don't be limited to just eggs benedict (have been reading comments) hollandaise sauce also is lovely with steamed/boiled artichokes, goes well with steak, just to mention a couple.

also, i'm kind of liking the tags for this:

eggs hollandaise brunch cook chef food recipe cooking menu sex ... sex???

[ernestryles]

@Rfogy it i sex no doubt about it

[esalink]

Nice... very nice!

[CescoPisicoli]

TY For posting

[ArrivaLaFranja21]

how long do you have to cook the egg yolk!!

thanks

[AemiliaPaulla]

until you get a wisp of steam and feel resistance

[witchman1]

Nice job chef.

[Haruvamp]

worked out wonderful!!! thank you!

I have to try more of your tipps n tricks!

[crunchyfrog63]

Just tried my hand at this for the first time, and it came out perfectly, and I'm totally not a cook. Just had some really nice ham left over from Easter, and wanted some egg benedict.

I used a double boiler, since I don't have a gas stove, but followed the basic principles. The most helpful thing was the hollandaise sensing fear. LOL.

[iRbonnie]

Thanks i am makin Eggs benedict for breakfast and this helped a lot, never knew how u make hollandaise :D

[ryanbsas]

Awesome , totally easy.... i find if you cut back on the lemon a bit it will help if its too tart, and add an extra yolk after playing with the rescipe a few times to thicken it up a bit. I love mine spicy and with a bit of white pepper to add some flavor..... YUUUMMMMMMMm totally going to share this with my friends....... Thanks!

[BugsWisely]

i love chemistry also

[LisasViolinStudio]

Great! Easy and foolproof. Thanks!

[Nihawmah]

REFER so not even close!

 Move out the zoo LOL!

[Nihawmah]

Im not claiming to be one

and clearly you're not either

so.....SHUT UP!

[Zatoichi444]

Mine didn't come out the same as yours....I didn't have egg yolks, so instead I used Marshmallow peeps....and didn't have any butter, so I substituted Peanut Oil...I'm not sure why mine came out so different?

[MEGAMANMETHOD]

lol nice

[Nihawmah]

Here's a bearking news!

This guy is NOT a chef. He's just a regular guy at home who thinks he's a chef.

[cherrybolosomtime]

its so hard to the seasoning right

[adriandoher]

i want that shirt :)

[mmalleson]

Thanks, very helpful. It worked!

[OneRevelation]

what does breaking mean?

[chocolosho]

it splits you end up having a mix off butter with grainy stuff

[OneRevelation]

oh okay I've seen that before - thanks :)

[ShockGuey5173]

I got mad at my friend when I saw him do that separating technique and then threw away PERFECTLY GOOD YOLK! Who cares if he's on a diet, I could've eaten that if he wasn't going to!

[Bking055]

wow, that easy. I thought it was hard

Thanks for the video. ^ ^

[djodnyc]

this is the only cook that does not make things hard for you. great video please make more.

[verteterre]

made it the other day for my fam...it's absolutely delish!

[allthatglitters29]

This recipe is so simple and easy to follow! I'm making this for my dinner party on Friday. Thanks so much!

[Deleaubro]

i dont have a gas stove, could i just put the bowl over the elements?

[eldunno73]

iller I love the "Ditch the double boiler" method!

I'll have to practice a couple of times.

I'm getting the T-Shirt, BTW!!!

Thanks

[myageis10]

ya I tryed to guid my aunt, but she screwed it up big time. She poured the butter all at once and she went shell to shell @nd she was done half way through the video!

[sisterlovely]

Hi, great recipe but made way too much and threw most away unfortunately. Next time I'll halve the ingredients. Thanks

[aprilcalldispatch]

i have got to get one of those shirts

[CHEFJIMMYZ]

good job!

[minicry25]

what do you do with they yolk?

[ChefMerlin]

I didn't see anyone answer your question: "What do you do with the yolk," so I thought I'd answer it even though it was asked a long time ago.

The yolks were used in the recipe... it was the egg whites that were not used. And you can either just throw them away or you can use them in a healthy egg white omelet if you like those. I'm just not a big fan of the egg white as it is so once you have separated it from the yolk, I really do not want to do anything with just the whites.

[Saramaier825]

you should be on food net work! I would watch :D

[zuaxdion]

Thanks you for this video. You perfectly explained how to make hollandaise and taught me a nice trick with the egg.

Now I am going to make about 40 gallons of this stuff and fill my kiddy pool in the back and bathe like a god.

[Edd731]

@zuaxdion bathing in a pool of hollandaise like a god haha thats genius XD

[Xxreaper008]

Do you just eat it like that?

[zahmoul03]

No, you "drink" it like that haha. It's a sauce that could be served with diferent kinds of dishes, from fish to filet mignon. I personally don't admire it.

[sugandiabey]

This sauce is suitable for vegetables, poached fish, seafood, poultry & sauteed veal.

[beatboxer04]

Is this salted or unsalted butter?

[Dethmasheen]

I would say that in cookery you never use SALTED butter unless it's said to do so.

[sugandiabey]

If you use salted butter, be careful when you add seasoning(salt). No worries.

[36outof50]

one way to better control the temperature is to use very low heat with a copper pot. the copper will conduct the heat nicely, and provide a perfect temperature to the eggs and lemon juice

[clubbermga]

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great thank you 4 ur help.

[crazy4guitar]

YES! this totally helped.. thank you

[JesseKazzz]

This is what youtube is all about. Thanks

[saibod]

Another excellent video. Thanks

[thislisa]

Very helpful! This is the best Hollandaise vid out there. "A Hollandaise can sense fear" killed me!!!

[irvpat]

you're on of the best, thanks for all your videos.

[jaibilo]

hey chef, can i do this if i dont have a gas burner? and how long will this keep in the fridge?

[Caey17]

yes just keep the heat low

In theory a few days (maybe two if well heated) yet because it is after all made off eggs i can't really suggest that.

[joedelta2]

One of the many cool things about this video is that it's timed! Yes, I was timing how long it took for the egg yolks to be properly heated, and it appeared to be about 50 seconds. I know that this time can vary according to how hot your burner is, etc., but the mega-geek in me loved being able to quantify the cooking time! Cheers!

[foodwishes]

not sure if that was realtime... sometimes I edit to shorten the clips. Its hard to give an exact time.

[MaxBialystock]

Interesting. The stuff you learn after being in the business.

[Patbuchanan]

I just made my first hollandaise, it worked a treat. Thanks for the tip about seperating the egg yolk. I'll be having eggs benedict for breakfast yipee!

[pearlygate]

cool video

[lawrencesarm]

I think I'll do that from now on. I always end up getting egg on my hands somehow anyway.

I love these videos. Thank you.

[lawrencesarm]

Why don't you got shell to shell?

[foodwishes]

just faster thru the fingers, old habit from doing hundreds in the kitchen.

[garrigaworld]

Salted or unsalted butter?

I hate double boilers too.

[foodwishes]

i always use unsalted butter.

[Esifex]

....I want that shirt :o

[foodwishes]

Go to the site and buy one! Seriously, I dont want to have to get a real job!