Hollandaise sauce

Hollandaise sauce is that lovely creamy sauce you have tasted a hundred times on eggs benedict or over a poached salmon.

It is not that difficult to make at all if you remember just a couple of simple rules that are outlined for you below.

The most important - don't let the sauce boil as you are thickening it. And don't let the water in the double boiler boil. Either will cause the sauce to curdle, the end of your efforts to create a great sauce.

Put egg yolks in a metal bowl. Sit the bowl over a saucepan filled with cold water. Heat the water, beating the egg yolks constantly with a wire whisk. The water in the pan should not boil and the bowl should stay cool enough to hold with your hand.

Continue beating the yolks constantly until they thicken. The yolks have thickened enough when you begin to see the bottom of the bowl between strokes and the mixture forms a light cream on the wires of the whisk.

Immediately remove the bowl from over the water. Add the butter, in very small pieces, whisking in each pat and allowing it to melt before adding the next. When you are finished, the mixture should be very smooth and light. Pass the sauce through a fine sieve and stir in the seasonings and lemon juice.

If the sauce is too thick, thin it a bit with cold water. Keep in a warm place.

Not only can you bake in this au gratin dish, you can also use it for serving. And for cleaning, it goes right into your dishwasher. The oval dish measures 10 inches, great for vegetables, rice, fruit desserts and roasted vegetables. At this great price, buy a few and use them as individual serving dishes. BIA Cordon Bleu 10-in. Oval Au Gratin Baker, White

• DO NOT BOIL, or the sauce will curdle.

Lovely gravy boat/ sauce server set from Mikasa in their new Italian Countryside pattern. Goes with almost anything. Mikasa 2-pc. Italian Countryside Gravy Boat, White

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