The Food Lab: How To Make 1-Minute Hollandaise


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Traditional hollandaise, made by emulsifying melted butter into egg yolks and lemon juice, is notoriously difficult to make. But there’s a super easy way to do it at …

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  1. Joe W
    Joe W says:

    It surprising no one has made a Hollindase sause in a jar. There are certainly techniques for shelf stable egg yolk and emulsifiers. It might not be quite as good as fresh, of course, but I don't see any ingredients here that couldnt be jarred.

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  2. udrdoug
    udrdoug says:

    Worked perfectly, thanks so much.
    One small thing as youtube is international it would be really helpful to give metric as well as the 19th century measurements.

    Note to those having butter temp issues, it is easy to have the butter too hot, but it is fine as transferring it to the pouring jug will drop the temp a bit and you can check the temp and wait till it cools to the required temp.
    Also make sure you blend ingredients well before you start to add the butter, don't try to add butter at the same time as you start whisking.

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  3. Jason Rajamogan
    Jason Rajamogan says:

    Tried twice, used a thermometer (pouring into a glass jug after heating makes the butter quickly lose its heat btw, if your saucepan can pour easily I don't know what the point of this step is), used a cup just bigger than the blender, tried once at half speed and once at full speed, poured slowly, gave the blender a little jiggle… Both times it was runny. What gives?!

    Edit: ok, so I didn't give up and tried a 3rd time using a bon appetit recipe. Instead of stick blender I used a food processor's juicer blender attachment which sounded like it has more power, didn't transfer the butter from hot pan to cold glass… And it worked. Finally. Too late for my breakfast, but at least I know what to do for next time.

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  4. Dee DAS
    Dee DAS says:

    Make 10 second mayo with inversion blender all the time, you think this would be just as easy. I did something wrong so I reverted back to Julia Child's old school method. Whew.

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  5. captcorajus
    captcorajus says:

    He forgot to mention the eggs. I use 3 egg YOLKS no whites, and half a stick of butter. Skip the sauce pan, and just melt the butter in the glass measuring cup in the microwave. Made this recipe though, and it worked out wonderuflly!

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  6. Puneet Pasrich
    Puneet Pasrich says:

    After watching the video and reading through the helpful comments, I've aggregated it below so it's in one note. Feel free to copy into your own recipe books!

    Allow the eggs and lemon to come to room temperature if stored in the fridge. This will allow the sauce to be as hot as possible when made. It's better to pre-warm the wide-mouth thermos by pouring in some hot/boiling water for a few minutes.

    When made, have a silicone or flexible plastic spatula handy. When the last drop of butter is incorporated in the sauce immediately spatulate the sauce into the thermos and screw on the top firmly. Your sauce will set up, and remain hot for more than an hour. Because this is so easy you can make the sauce at the last minute but it needs a few minutes to set up, hence the thermos.

    Into a blender's cup:
    1 egg yolk, preferably at room temperature
    1 tsp water, preferably at room temperature
    1 tsp lemon juice, preferably at room temperature
    a pinch of salt

    Directions:
    Allow the eggs and lemon to come to room temperature if stored in the fridge.
    Pre-warm a wide-mouth thermos by pouring in some hot/boiling water for a few minutes.
    Melt a stick (1/4 pound, 113 g) of butter until it is hot and bubbling. 210F is the desired temperature.
    Pour melted butter into a glass measuring cup to let us gently drizzle it into the blender's cup.
    Blend for a minute while slowly drizzling in the hot, melted butter.
    Empty the warmed thermos.
    Pour hollandaise sauce into the thermos.
    Enjoy the hollandaise sauce!

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