Hollandaise Sauce Recipe with Pictures

Prepare the hollandaise sauce using butter, egg yolks, peppercorns and white wine vinegar. Here is a simple step by step Hollandaise sauce recipe guide.

Hollandaise Sauce Recipe with Pictures
Prep Time 10 min
Cook Time 30 min
Serving 8
Difficulty Easy

Cooking Preparation (Mise-en-place)

Assemble all the Hollandaise sauce ingredients on the preparation table.

  1. Weigh the butter.
  2. Crush the peppercorns.
  3. Separate the egg yolks and egg white.
  4. Place the necessary cooking equipment nearby.

How to prepare Hollandaise sauce 

Follow the steps below to the end.

Ingredients

  • 325g- butter
  • 12- peppercorns
  • 5- egg yolks
  • 3tbsp- white wine vinegar

Directions

1. Cook the peppercorns.

Place the peppercorns and vinegar in a cooking pot and cook for 10 minutes. Then strain off the peppercorns.

Cook the peppercorns.
2. Cool the reduction.

Add 1 tablespoon of cold water to the strained reduction, then let it cool.

Cool the reduction.
3. Add the egg yolks.

Add the egg yolks to the cooled reduction and whisk continuously. Then, place the saucepan over gentle heat until the yolks have thickened.

Add the egg yolks.
4. Add butter.

Whisk in the butter and combine until the sauce is thick and smooth.

Add butter.
5. Season.

Taste and correct seasoning.

Season.