Bearnaise Sauce (Bearnaise)

Submitted by enr on 18 Jan 2009
Ingredients
3 small onions
12 tarragon leaves
1 cup white wine
70 ml wine vinegar
1 tsp thyme or watercress
salt
3 yolks
150-200 g butter, at room temperature
Method
Chop the onion finely and cooked watercress, tarragon, wine and vinegar. Boil until the left 1/4 of the liquid - about 50-70 ml. Remove from heat and cool. Strain. Beat the egg yolks with salt. At constant beating with wire is added to the boiled liquid. Put it in a water bath and beat until it begins to thicken. Add the butter lump by lump, stirring rapidly until complete uptake of the butter and the preparation of creamy consistency. Depending on the size varies yolks and commitment butter. * The sauce belongs to classic French cuisine, best suited for Chateaubriand, stewed fish, light meats.
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18 Jan 2009
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Aliana