Hollandaise Sauce from the World’s Premier Culinary College

by Doc_Smith on December 3, 2009

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azjjason December 3, 2009 at 7:50 am

Double boiler direct heat?

Isus1 December 3, 2009 at 8:27 am

CIA fucking sucks. GBC FOR LIFE

stoltobot December 3, 2009 at 8:48 am

“my seasoning’s excellent”…give yourself a pat on the back why don’t you. I bet it actually needed more salt

bagelboi66 December 3, 2009 at 9:20 am

It absolutely does work, I’ve done it for decades. Without question you must be careful though. I use a balloon whisk and a light pressed stainless mixing bowl, you know the type that come nested in packages of five. I also cook using electric heat, not gas. I don’t know if gas would work as well for this. Perhaps a degree of fearlessness is required, but that’s true for most cooking adventures. And just in case, have a nob of cold butter handy in case you need to cool the mixture quickly.

aag892dsl December 3, 2009 at 10:11 am

This sounds like it can work with something like solid stainless steel since the heat transfer is pretty slow, but don’t try with copper, use water for the temp control.

aag892dsl December 3, 2009 at 10:14 am

4 yolks to 1/2 pound butter (then clarified) – Joel Robuchon recipe.

tonyclifton1 December 3, 2009 at 10:33 am

My question is; how many egg yolks do you add to it, he did not mention the number at all?

chefmarcgirard December 3, 2009 at 10:56 am

I usually use cold butter, when making a hollandaise sauce, to reduce the chances of the egg curdling.

bagelboi66 December 3, 2009 at 11:02 am

I’ve never been scared of Hollandaise. When I made it in my teens I went thru the fiddle faddle of the bain marie. Not being a patient person though I discovered that so long as I was careful I could temper the egg yolks over direct heat. I think it might have been Julia Child who gave me that idea. You just need to be careful to move the bowl off the heat every few seconds, and stir like mad. I can keep the yolks over the heat and add the butter unmelted, so long as it is at room temp.

thegemoflife12345 December 3, 2009 at 11:34 am

Melt the butter slowly. Let it sit for a bit to separate. Skim off the foam that rises to the top, and gently pour the butter off of the milk solids, which have settled to the bottom. A stick (8 tablespoons) of butter will produce about 6 tablespoons of clarified butter.

thegemoflife12345 December 3, 2009 at 12:10 pm

Clarified butter is butter that has been rendered to separate the milk solids and water from the butterfat.

klaralow December 3, 2009 at 12:46 pm

he strains the vinegar into the egg yolks so there’s no peppercorns

mvbc0101 December 3, 2009 at 12:59 pm

Ah added them to the egg yolks… gotcha… Essentially healthy eggs with a devil of a sauce. What the heck is clarified butter?

mvbc0101 December 3, 2009 at 1:29 pm

Okay, call me silly but wasn’t there black peppercorns and white vinegar earlier? I’m rewatching to see what you used it for.

imworthit200percent December 3, 2009 at 1:51 pm

Thank you, I really liked the videos.

sharpasaneraser December 3, 2009 at 2:48 pm

nice pres, mr. swarz.

n00berania December 3, 2009 at 2:50 pm

First! Yeah! Okay…
Uh…
Anyone wanna give me a ride home?

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