What is the difference between Hollandaise and Bernaise?!
What is the difference between Hollandaise and Bernaise?
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Bernaise sauce is a sauce of the mayonnaise family, like Hollandaise sauce, and is an emulsion of butter and egg yolk with the distinct flavoring of tarragon, shallots, and chervil. Sauce Béarnaise in French, Bernaise sauce is best served with meat, poultry, or vegetables. Though several variations of recipes for Bernaise sauce exist, it is a difficult sauce to perfect because it requires special attention to avoid separation and curdling. When prepared properly, it is a smooth, creamy sauce.
Hollandaise sauce is an emulsion of butter and lemon juice using egg yolks as the emulsifying agent, usually seasoned with salt and a little black pepper or cayenne pepper. It is a French sauce, so named because it was believed to have been, or to have mimicked, a Dutch sauce. Hollandaise sauce is well known as a key ingredient in eggs Benedict. The sauce is one of the five sauces in the French haute cuisine mother sauce repertoire.
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Yeah, uh, I'll go with the first answer. Very helpful. Thanks for asking the question.
Take the first answer and place it here...
Take all those answers and flush them down the WC, I am a former chef and the only main difference is bearnaise and hollandaise is there the same base sauce, but bearnaise has a reduction of tarragon, shallots, peppercorns, parsley stems and red wine, it is added with additional tarragon.
It is served with grilled meats mainly, but can be served with poached fish also. I do know something about making it, as I was a chef for 20 years in Canada and prepared it for up to 100 people each day, I used to make it with 10lbs of butter and 30 egg yolks, 4 lemons and a wine/herb reduction. you need a strong arm to make it by yourself.