Hollandaise Sauce

I generally eat pretty healthy food, but sometimes I want something very rich, a dish where you can practically feel your veins getting clogged with cholesterol. On days like that, hollandaise sauce is just the ticket. It’s good served with vegetables, such as asparagus, if you want to feel semi-healthy. Or it’s great with the vegetarian version of eggs benedict, eggs florentine. I’ll post that recipe next.

This sauce is a bit tricky to make, and it’s easiest if you use a blender to get it smooth. Otherwise, it tastes fine but can look unattractively lumpy.

Ingredients:
4 eggs yolks
3 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp water
200 g butter, melted
tabasco sauce, to taste

Instructions:
1. Stir the yolks, lemon juice, and water together over low heat.
2. Add the butter a little at a time, and continue to stir.
3. Add tabasco sauce to taste.
4. Mix in a blender if necessary. Serve with eggs or vegetables.