How-to make Hollandaise Sauce

How-to make Hollandaise Sauce. This is a simple recipe for hollandaise sauce that you can make in a KitchenAid Blender.

Ingredients
3 eggs, yolks only
1/2 cup of butter
2 tbsp of lemon juice
1/4 tsp of salt
a pinch of cayenne pepper

Instructions
1. In a small saucepan, heat butter to a bubble, but don't brown.
2. Combine egg yolks, lemon juice, salt and cayenne pepper in a blender.
3. While blending at high speed, gradually add the hot butter.
4. Blend for about 15 seconds or until the sauce has thickened and is smooth.

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[kazywaz]

OK The eggs weren't cooked - only the butter was. Isn't that like not healthy? Could you add another step so that the eggs are cooked? Then there would be no chance of salmonella?

[holidaykitchen]

@kazywaz The lemon juice "cooks" the egg yolks.

[willsh]

How do you think mayonnaise is made? Raw egg yolk! Get over it people...

[kazywaz]

@Sergei91 Why is this comment being hidden.It's a legitimate concern. The eggs were not cooked and adding cooked butter alone will not bring the yolks up to par.

[kazywaz]

@jewal01 No but I think you are

[Boldstrummer]

Real butter has much more flavor. The best Hollandaise I've ever tasted was done in a blender.

[changobilly22]

@mrdumpster well yea, for this recipe, but in general, when Hollandaise is prepared correctly over a double boiler, its not the same as Mayo, and for the most part, most Mayo recipes use some sort of Vinegar

[mrdumpster]

@changobilly22 i'll break down my earlier comment: the eggs were never evenly and gradually cooked over a double-boiler and are therefore being used as a simple emulsifier instead of as a thickener as well. which is how mayo is made.

because there isn't enough fat in this (clarified butter is oil, which is fat), the sauce is also too thin. incidentally, hollandaise with olive oil works very well, so i guess a lot of cooks haven't discovered your large difference.