Definition of hollandaise
:a rich sauce made basically of butter, egg yolks, and lemon juice or vinegar
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Smith drizzles the ribs with a redeye gravy whisked into a housemade mayo to create a redeye gravy-hollandaise.
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Thinly sliced, buttery tenderloin (sourced from Delta Junction) rested in a pool of hollandaise and was topped with perfectly poached eggs, a generous salad of fresh tomatoes, greens and sweet pickled onions.
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Another solid starter: crab croquettas with Old Bay hollandaise sauce.
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Someone whipped up a hollandaise over the fire, substituting Spanish chervil for tarragon, and another participant asked what size the carrots should be.
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Luscious segments of soft-poached and charred leeks are smothered in creamy hollandaise sharpened with mustard.
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The brasserie will serve breakfast, featuring eggs Benedict but on croissants, and with bearnaise not hollandaise sauce, plus heirloom Bloomsdale spinach, as well your choice of Paris ham ($18), smoked salmon ($22) or Maine lobster ($25).
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Two tiny cornhusk canoes rest on top, each bearing lengths of hollowed baby corn stuffed with tarragon gel, wrapped in guanciale, dipped in Meyer-lemon hollandaise and dusted with bottarga, tarragon and celery.
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Guests enjoyed a feast of crabmeat ravigotte, roast beef, and asparagus hollandaise.
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Origin and Etymology of hollandaise
French sauce hollandaise, literally, Dutch sauce
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: a rich sauce made of butter, egg yolks, and lemon juice or vinegar
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