True Hollandaise Sauce

Name: True Hollandaise Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2/3 cups, 2 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1/4 cup butter; 1/4 cup cream, sweet or 1/4 cup sour cream; 2 egg yolks, beaten; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; salt; 1 dash cayenne

Submitted by Bill From New Mexico

"For special occasions. From my wife’s mother’s cookbook circa 1950s"

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Ready In:: 15mins
Ingredients:: 6
Yields:: 2/3 cups
Serves:: 2

ingredients

¹⁄₄ cup butter
¹⁄₄ cup cream, sweet or 1/4 cup sour cream
2 egg yolks, beaten
1 tablespoon lemon juice
salt
1 dash cayenne

directions

Melt butter in top of double boiler.
Add cream and beaten egg yokes, stirring well.
Add lemon juice and salt and cook over boiling water, stirring constantly until thickened and smooth (about 2 minutes).
Remove from heat and beat until light.
Stir in cayenne.
Serve hot with cauliflower, broccoli, spinach or asparagus.