Easy Hollandaise Sauce

1/2 cup

SAUCES & DRESSINGS

Ina Garten Foolproof (p. 107)

Ingredients

Eggs - 2

Unsalted butter - 34 stick

Lemon - 1

Prep

Eggs - yolks only, bring to room temperature

Lemon - juice to yield 1 1/2 tbl

Instructions

Place the egg yolks, lemon juice, 34 tsp salt, 14 tsp pepper and pinch of cayenne pepper in the jar of a blender and process on low for 15 seconds. Melt the butter in a small saucepan until it is sizzling hot. Remove the small clear insert in the top of the blender. With the blender on low, slowly add the hot butter to the egg and lemon mixture and blend for 30 seconds, until the sauce is very thick. Use immediately.