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hollandaise

hollandaise

8 7.0
A rich, creamy sauce made from egg yolks, butter, and lemon juice, often served on eggs or vegetables
  • noun
  • /ˈhɑːləndeɪz/
translation icon : salsa holandesa
  • I cooked artichokes with hollandaise sauce which is melted butter that's been whipped into a frenzy with egg yolks until it's died and gone to heaven.
  • hollandaise sauce
  • recipe for hollandaise
  • make hollandaise

Tangy hollandaise that makes it all kind of come together.

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Examples

  • The Veggie Benedict had big slices of fresh avocado on top and just the right amount of hollandaise, not drowning the yummy eggs on top!

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  • The lemon hollandaise sauce on the Benedict is to die for.

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  • What is it, hollandaise sauce?

  • There are people who would love nothing more than to steal this hollandaise recipe.

  • Oh, I must write down that new recipe for hollandaise.

  • The Hollandaise sauce has cayenne pepper.

  • A big, thick, juicy steak with baked potatoes... ...asparagus with hollandaise sauce... ...and chocolate cake and ice cream.

  • "She's prepared roast beef with a hollandaise sauce, a crab salad, and bought some baklava for dessert."

    Fiction book (1991)
  • "Terrific, sweetie!" said Beth, the receiver jammed under her chin while she stirred the hollandaise sauce and tested its consistency.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Top each egg with 2 to 3 tbsp. of reserved hollandaise sauce and serve hot.

Synonyms

béarnaise
vshollandaise
2 8.7

A rich butter-and-egg sauce with wine, vinegar, small onions and the herb tarragon

is butter and lemon based rather than herb and vinegar flavored
allemande sauce
vshollandaise
  • Specialized
8.8

A rich white sauce made from stock, thickened with egg yolks and cream and flavored with lemon juice

is an emulsion of butter and lemon rather than a cream veloute

How Rich

béarnaise
2 8.7
hollandaise
8 7.0
Bercy
  • Specialized
9.9
pan gravy
1 4.5
vinaigrette
28 3.3

Surface Forms

hollandaise singular
hollandaises plural

Etymology

Hollandaise comes from the French phrase à la hollandaise, which means 'in the Dutch style'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of Dutch butter — the name came to refer to a rich, creamy sauce made with egg yolks and butter, so today hollandaise means that buttery sauce often served with eggs or vegetables.