How to Make Hollandaise Sauce from Scratch

Hollandaise sauce drizzled over poached eggs and asparagus, perfect for breakfast or brunch.

Hollandaise Sauce is perfect for those indulgent Sunday morning breakfasts!

Want to start your day with perfection? Hollandaise Sauce is the answer! Pour it over your breakfast dish and you’ll begin to wonder how you only found out about it now. This is so delicious that it can even make the veggies look appetising even for fussy eaters. A no-sweat sauce that can be done in under 30 minutes. Amazing, I know!

How to Make Hollandaise Sauce from Scratch

Recipe by Stay at Home Mum
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Course: SaucesCuisine: AustralianDifficulty: Easy
Servings
+

1

servings
Prep time

10

minutes
Cooking time

15

minutes
Calories

120

kcal
Total time

25

minutes
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Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp Lemon juice

  • 60 gram Butter

  • 0.25 tsp Tarragon

  • 0.5 tsp Pepper

  • 3 Egg yolks

  • .25 tsp Lemon Zest

Directions

  • In a food processor, blend the egg yolks, lemon juice and pepper.
  • Beat until frothy and light in colour.
  • Cut butter into small pieces and heat in the microwave until hot and bubbling.
  • With the food processor running, add the melted butter very slowly and keep blending until sauce is nice and thick.
  • Add the tarragon and lemon zest.
  • Pour the mixture into a metal bowl.
  • Fill a saucepan a third of the way up with water and heat gently.
  • Place the metal bowl with the Hollandaise mixture on top of the saucepan and whisk continuously until sauce is thick and heated through.
  • Recipe Hints and Tips:
  • Hollandaise Sauce is not suitable to freeze.
  • Serve over chicken or poached eggs.
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Clare Whitfield Chief Editor
Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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