Bearnaise Sauce

Total Time: 7 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 tablespoons wine vinegar
• 1/4 cup dry wine or 1/4 cup vermouth
• 2 tablespoons tarragon leaves, chopped
• 2 shallots, minced
• 3 egg yolks
• 1/3 cup butter
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 combine vinegar, wine, shallots and tarragon in 2-cup glass measure.
• 2 microwave, uncovered, at high for 1 to 2 minutes or until boiling.
• 3 set aside to cool to lukewarm.
• 4 strain mixture into small bowl; whisk in egg yolks.
• 5 in 2-cup glass measure or similar microwaveable bowl, melt butter at medium 40 to 60 seconds.
• 6 do not boil.
• 7 whisk egg yolk mixture into butter.
• 8 microwave, uncovered, at medium 30 to 90 seconds.
• 9 whisk every 15 seconds.
• 10 cook only until mixture starts to thicken.
• 11 season to taste with salt and pepper.