Recipes · French · Sauces, Dressings, and Marinades
Hollandaise Sauce
One serving has 585 kcal and 5 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of vitamin A (82%), choline (51%), selenium (27%) and cobalamin (25%). Ready in 18 minutes.
- Preparation: 10 min
- Cooking: 8 min
- Makes: 1 serving (113 g)
- Difficulty: Hard
- Diets: Vegetarian, Gluten-free, Low carb
- Contains: dairy, egg
Ingredients
- 25 g Egg yolks, raw
- 70 g Butter, unsalted
- 8 g Lemon juice
- 10 g Water
- 0.3 g Salt
- 0.1 g Cayenne pepper
Method
- Whisk the egg yolks with the water in a bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water, whisking constantly until pale, thick and doubled in volume.
- Remove from the heat and whisk in the melted butter in a slow, steady stream until thick and glossy.
- Whisk in the lemon juice, salt and cayenne.
- Keep warm over the water bath, off the heat, until ready to serve; it doesn't reheat well.
- This sauce uses gently cooked egg yolks; serve promptly, and use pasteurised eggs if serving to pregnant women, young children or the elderly.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 585 kcal | 28% |
| Carbohydrates | 1.6 g | |
| Water | 41.8 mL | |
| Fiber | 0.05 g | 0% |
| Protein | 4.6 g | 10% |
| Tryptophan | 0.05 g | |
| Threonine | 0.2 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.25 g | |
| Leucine | 0.41 g | |
| Lysine | 0.35 g | |
| Methionine | 0.11 g | |
| Cystine | 0.07 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.2 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.2 g | |
| Valine | 0.28 g | |
| Histidine | 0.12 g | |
| Fat | 63.5 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 19.3 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 3.2 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0.03 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 2.2 g | |
| Saturated | 37.7 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0 g | |
| Cholesterol | 422 mg | |
| Calcium | 50 mg | 5% |
| Copper | 0.03 mg | 3% |
| Iron | 0.71 mg | 4% |
| Magnesium | 3.4 mg | 1% |
| Manganese | 0.02 mg | 1% |
| Phosphorus | 115 mg | 16% |
| Potassium | 54.3 mg | 1% |
| Selenium | 14.7 µg | 27% |
| Sodium | 136 mg | |
| Zinc | 0.65 mg | 8% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.05 mg | 5% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.16 mg | 15% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 0.05 mg | 0% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 0.83 mg | 17% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.1 mg | 8% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 40.3 µg | 10% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0.61 µg | 25% |
| Choline | 219 mg | 51% |
| Vitamin A | 576 µg | 82% |
| Vitamin C | 3.2 mg | 4% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 54.5 IU | 9% |
| Vitamin E | 2.3 mg | 15% |
| Vitamin K | 5.2 µg | 6% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
0.6 kg CO2e a serving: higher than most breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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