
Start by heating a medium to large pot with about 3-5 inches of water depending on the size of the pot. EGGS BENEDICT: I urge you to watch this video before beginning to poach the eggs.Make it with smoked salmon, crab cakes, or Canadian bacon, but whatever you do, make it!Īlso, how great would these be to surprise your hunny with on Sunday morning? There are also tips on how you can poach the eggs ahead of time if you’re cooking for a large crowd.Īnd that’s it! Simple blender hollandaise sauce to use on your eggs benedict this weekend. Here is a video that I found really useful and here is another one that i’ve used in the past. Which is basically letting the water come to a boil and then stirring it and adding the egg to the center. It’s so much easier to poach them when they’re fresher because they stay together in the water. My tips to making better poached eggs? Reach all the way in the back of the egg section at your grocery store. Okay, it took me a WHILE to get these right so I don’t want you to get super frustrated if you can’t get them right the first time. I like and usually have salted butter on hand so I didn’t need to season my sauce much, you can use unsalted butter and just add in a ½ teaspoon of salt and it will work out just the same. Melted butter, egg yolks, a tablespoon of lemon juice, and a teeny tiny pinch of cayenne is all you need to make my hollandaise. If you’re wondering about the ingredients there are just a few. Perfectly smooth hollandaise sauce every. Give it a whiz and then stream in the slightly cooled melted butter while the blender runs. Then it’s just as simple as adding in the yolks, lemon juice and cayenne. This allows the blender to stay warm while you’re adding in the ingredients. Nothing special, just water that I heated up in my water kettle. Before starting the recipe, I fill the blender up with about 4 cups of boiling water and just let it sit for 1-2 minutes while the butter melts in a saucepan on the stove. And after making it both over the double boiler and in a blender I realized the blender hollandaise sauce was far more delicious and FOOLPROOF than the stove top version.īut I do have a secret to making perfect hollandaise sauce in the blender. I have been tweaking this recipe for some time now. Let’s talk about that homemade hollandaise sauce. Holy Mackerel, i’m forever in love with them. But my favorite? Anees surprised me with a small birthday brunch get together at a really nice steak house this past December and you guys, they make crab cake eggs benedict. Whats your favorite way to eat eggs benedict? I love and most usually get the smoked salmon. There’s no way my Sunday could get more perfect than that.Īnd at this point are you really shocked to hear that both mastering poached eggs and making blender hollandaise sauce were on my culinary bucket list? This culinary bucket list is working out to be such a great thing, I mean poached eggs with runny egg yolk and quick hollandaise for Sunday brunch all the time? YES. Buttery, toasted english muffins with smoked salmon topped with a nicely poached egg (which up until recently wasn’t done very nicely), and drizzled with my homemade blender hollandaise sauce. Sure we love our spinach and mushroom stuffed omelets with homemade hash browns, which has become a Sunday ritual, and we always enjoy our veggie-loaded breakfast casserole, and the occasional stack of pancakes.īut nothing beats the classic eggs benedict for a special Sunday brunch. When it comes to weekend breakfast, Anees and I love a little variety. We’re talking real hollandaise sauce, creamy, smooth, and rich – made right in the blender. Gone are the days of making hollandaise sauce in a double boiler and whisking until your arm fell off. We’re talking about just 4 simple ingredients and about 5 minutes to make from start to finish. And to top it all off, it’s a cinch to whip up. I know what you’re thinking, hollandaise sauce, in the blender? YES, my friends. I am so excited to be bringing you one of my all time favorite breakfast foods - eggs benedict topped with homemade blender hollandaise sauce. This sauce requires just 4 simple ingredients and takes about 5 minutes to make! Homemade hollandaise is perfect to use on eggs benedict for Sunday brunch! A simple blender hollandaise sauce recipe.
