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Asparagus with Hollandaise Sauce

English Asparagus with Hollandaise Sauce

Seasonal English Asparagus served with a classic Hollandaise sauce

Course Appetizer
Cuisine French
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 45 kcal
Author Fiona Maclean

Ingredients

For the asparagus

  • 32 green asparagus spears
  • 1 tsp sea-salt

For the Hollandaise sauce

  • 4 egg yolks
  • 250 g unsalted butter melted
  • Cayenne pepper
  • juice of 1/2 lemon

Instructions

Hollandaise Sauce

  1. Place the egg yolks into the small bowl adding 2 tbsp water (not boiled). Lift the small bowl into a large saucepan pouring the boiling water into the large saucepan until it reaches the bowl's mid point, so creating a bain-marie.

  2. Whisk the egg and water mixture with the saucepan on a high heat, going down to low when the water boils. The yolks will foam and thicken becoming creamy. Scrape the sides of the bowl with a wooden spoon to stop the sauce from coagulating.
  3. When the volume of sauce has grown by roughly a half again and it has the consistency of double-cream, take the bowl out of the saucepan.

  4. Then continue whisking the sauce until it has cooled down so that you can touch the bowl.

  5. Place the butter in a small saucepan melting it slowly over a low heat.
  6. Whisk in salt and a dash of cayenne pepper to season the sauce and then slowly add all the melted butter with a tablespoon whisking as you go. Then finally pour in the lemon juice.

Asparagus

  1. Bring a kettle of water to the boil
  2. When the Hollandaise has reached double cream consistency, quickly place the asparagus bundles into a high-sided pan filled with boiling water with the tips just above the water and simmer for 3 minutes.
  3. After the 3 minutes is up, submerge the asparagus, cover the pan with a tea-towel and cook for a further 2 minutes.
  4. Place the butter in a small saucepan melting it slowly over a low heat.
  5. Plate the asparagus using a slotted spoon and then drizzle the Hollandaise sauce over the spears

Recipe Notes

ASPARAGUS 4

Nutrition Facts
English Asparagus with Hollandaise Sauce
Amount Per Serving
Calories 45
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.