Lime Butter Sauce

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2 each Egg Yolks -- Large
1 tablespoon Lime Juice
1/2 cup Butter -- NOT Margarine
1/2 teaspoon Lime Peel -- Grated

Stir egg yolks and lime juice vigorously in a 1 1/2-quart saucepan.

Add 1/4 cup of the butter. Heat over very low heat, stirring constantly, until butter is melted.

Add remaining butter. Continue heating, stirring vigorously, until butter is melted and sauce is thickening. (Be sure butter melts slowly so that sauce will thicken without curdling.)

Stir in lime peel. Serve hot or at room temperature. Cover and refrigerate any remaining sauce.
Makes about 3/4 cup of Lime Hollandaise sauce.
 

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2 each Egg Yolks -- Large
1 tablespoon Lime Juice
1/2 cup Butter -- NOT Margarine
1/2 teaspoon Lime Peel -- Grated

Stir egg yolks and lime juice vigorously in a 1 1/2-quart saucepan.

Add 1/4 cup of the butter. Heat over very low heat, stirring constantly, until butter is melted.

Add remaining butter. Continue heating, stirring vigorously, until butter is melted and sauce is thickening. (Be sure butter melts slowly so that sauce will thicken without curdling.)

Stir in lime peel. Serve hot or at room temperature. Cover and refrigerate any remaining sauce.
Makes about 3/4 cup of Lime Hollandaise sauce.
I just saw this, Jeff, and it sounds fantastic. Would you use this anyplace you would use Hollandaise sauce?
 

BamsBBQ

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I just saw this, Jeff, and it sounds fantastic. Would you use this anyplace you would use Hollandaise sauce?

yes.. my mom use to make hollandaise sauce and it was really lemony... when i eat it elsewhere, if it is not lemony i dont like it..lol

this is just a twist on moms original sauce...lime instead of lemon

I think it would be great on steamed veggies :)

and yes it is
 
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