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I’m not sure why people are scared to make Hollandaise sauce. Maybe it’s the tempering of the eggs into the melted butter.

We found a super easy and quick way to make the perfect Hollandaise sauce!

Tori has always loved fried eggs. Since she’s the only one, she’s often stuck eating scrambled since it’s easier to cook for all of us than just her.

What better way to eat eggs than with ham and lemony buttery Hollandaise sauce?

Dad took Tori to a kids cooking workshop at Harmon’s when she was 8 and the menu included eggs benedict. She was so proud!

Easy Eggs Benedict

We gathered our ingredients for the Hollandaise sauce.

Something so simple bursts with flavor!

I love love love my Cuisinart Smart Stick.

I use it way more than I ever thought I would. It comes with handy little cups and whisk attachments.

Ingredients for Hollandaise Sauce

Tori melted the butter. We don’t own a microwave, so we used our egg pan. It only took a minute.

We’ll use the same pan again to fry the egg. No sense having two dirty pans!

Melting Butter

She did a super job separating the egg yolk! That’s sometimes a tough task.

Separating the Egg Yolk

Then Tori added the water and lemon juice to the egg yolk.

Adding Water and Lemon Juice

Then Tori blended the ingredients together and the sauce voilà thickened and was perfect!

Blending the Hollandaise Sauce

Just look at that creamy thick lemony buttery Hollandaise sauce!

Perfect Hollandaise Sauce

After we made the sauce, the rest of the meal comes together very quickly.

Tori fried her egg. I helped her flip it which is still sometimes difficult for me. She doesn’t like her yolk broken.

Frying the Egg

We fried up some German ham. I sliced a piece of our favorite homemade wheat sandwich bread and toasted it.

Our Favorite Homemade Wheat Sandwich Bread

Then we were ready for plating.

Plating Eggs Benedict

Tori poured her Hollandaise sauce all over her egg.

Pouring the Hollandaise Sauce

Tori likes a bit of sauce.

Perfect Easy Hollandaise Sauce

I think she did a great job!

Why is it called Eggs Benedict?

History gives us at least five stories:

  1. 1860‘s at Delmonico’s Restaurant, NYC- Mrs. LeGrand Benedict discussed a new dish with the chef.
  2. Charles Ranhofer has a recipe called Eggs a la Benedick (Eufa a’ la Benedick) in his cookbook called The Epicurean, published in 1894.
  3. Craig Claiborne wrote a column in The New York Times Magazine in September 1967 about a letter he had received from Edward P. Montgomery, an American then residing in France. Montgomery claimed the dish was created by Commodore E.C. Benedict, a banker and yachtsman who died in 1920 at the age of 86.
  4. Elizabeth David’s French Provincial Cooking (first published in 1962) describes a traditional French dish named œufs bénédictine. This recipe calls for salt cod rather than ham.
  5. Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management had recipes in the first edition in 1861 for “Dutch sauce, for benedict” (p. 405) and its variant on the following page, “Green sauce, or Hollandaise verte.” Most likely also for codfish.

It’s fun to research food history and even more fun to create and eat fun recipes.

Tori ordered eggs benedict for breakfast twice at Ashford on our Ireland trip.

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Easy Hollandaise Sauce

Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 1 T lemon juice
  • 1 T warm water
  • 1/2 c butter
  • pinch kosher salt
  • pinch cayenne pepper optional

Instructions

  1. Melt butter. Separate egg yolk into the mixer. Add water and lemon juice to egg yolk. Blend. Slowly add butter and blend.

Easy Eggs Benedict and Perfect Hollandaise Sauce

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  2. Eggs Benedict have become our favourite breakfast to order when we go out – though I occasionally cook them at home too. Great to see kids tackle these supposedly tricky recipes!

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  4. This post is so much fun. Love seeing kids cooking! I have actually never had eggs benedict before, but I have no doubt that I would love it! Pinning to share! Thank you for coming over and linking up your post with us at Brag About It!

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  5. I love Eggs Benedict, but I haven’t made it in years. I bet my kids would enjoy making it too. Here in the US I’d used pasteurized eggs.

    Hollandaise sauce is delicious on asparagus too. If my girls end up liking it, that might be a way to get them to eat more asparagus. Thanks for linking this yummy post up with #EverythingKids.

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    • I love Holladaise on asparagus! I think the hot butter and friction from the blender makes a difference with the eggs. Not sure if they’re pasteurized here.

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  6. Yes, I’m guilty of being afraid to make my own hollandaise sauce, so I resorted to buying it, but the homemade version sounds and looks so much better! Thanks for sharing! My family loves Eggs Benedict with the toasted English muffin and Canadian bacon (ham). I will have to give this sauce a try!

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    • She likes it with muffins and ham too, but I didn’t get any at the store. She was so sweet and gracious about it. That girl loves cooking!

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  7. She did a great job and appears to be enjoying baking. Thank you for shaing at #WonderfulWednesday! Also, you were my feature choice at #OverTheNoon. Please come on Sunday and pick up your badge.

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  9. Great recipe for the Hollandaise sauce. I have one that makes a huge batch of it, but this would be nicer when I am home alone and can make it for myself :) Thanks for sharing this at #HappinessIsHomemade this week!

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  10. I am so glad you shared this recipe. My husband and son both love Eggs Benedict and have asked me to find a recipe for it since there are no local restaurants with it on the menu. Thanks for linking up with Thankful Thursdays.

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  12. Oh, my! I am so thankful to have found this! I LOVE eggs benedict, but I always thought it was too “fancy” for my simple, old-timey way of cooking! :) The one thing I was wondering about…and I suppose it must not be a concern…is the raw egg content. I didn’t realize the benedict sauce contains raw egg. Of course, we use pasteurized eggs, so maybe that removes any danger of e-coli. Just thought I’d ask! Thanks for sharing this wonderful post! God bless you and your family!

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    • It is kinda a scary complicated-seeming recipe. The hot butter and friction from the blender seems enough for us with the eggs in the sauce. Not sure if the eggs here are pasteurized or not.

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