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Hollandaise Sauce and Mousseline Sauce Recipe
Total time: 15 to 30 minutes
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Chef's Note
Here are two quick, easy and simplified recipes for classic sauces.

Hollandaise is a perfect accompaniment to fish, eggs benedict, asparagus, etc. 

Mousseline sauce is hollandaise to which 50 g (2 oz.) heavy cream have been added. 

Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2 Egg yolks
- 200 g (7 oz.) Butter
- 1 tsp. white vinegar
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Salt and pepper
- 50 g (2 oz.) heavy cream for the mousseline sauce
Method

Double boiler preparation

  1. in the upper part of a double boiler place the butter, egg yolks, vinegar and a pinch of salt; 
  2. place over boiling water and stir constantly until thickened without letting the eggs curdle;
  3. finish with the lemon juice and a little pepper;
  4. if the sauce gets too thick, thin with a little hot water; 
  5. for mousseline sauce, blend in the cream. 
In the blender
  1. melt the butter in the microwave;
  2. combine all the ingredients in the blender; process for a few seconds to form a sauce;
  3. with the blender running, add about 50 g (2 oz.) cream. If the sauce is too thick, add a little more cream. 
 
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