Can hollandaise be made with frozen lemon juice?
In my other question -- Are there any reasonable substitutes for lemon juice? -- I learned a cool technique to preserve lemon juice by freezing it in an ice tray. I'm considering making a hollandaise, and the only lemon juice I have available is frozen. Will this affect my hollandaise? Could it increase the chances of splitting?
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That will be absolutely fine, whether you make the sauce in the classic way by cooking the yolks with the lemon juice, or with one of the variations where the lemon juice is added only at the end. I would, of course, defrost it first, rather than add a whole ice cube of lemon juice to the pan.
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Lime juiceTo use it as a substitute for lemon juice in hollandaise sauce, just replace the amount called for with an equal amount of lime juice. One tablespoon of lime juice is equal to one tablespoon of lemon juice.Why do you put vinegar to hollandaise sauce?
Hollandaise sauce is an oil-in-water emulsion made with egg yolks, vinegar, lemon juice, melted butter (traditionally clarified butter with milk solids removed), and cayenne pepper. For a taste boost, whole peppercorns are reduced with a vinegar and water mixture to infuse flavor without the black speckles.Sources: Stack Exchange - This article follows the attribution requirements of Stack Exchange and is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
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