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Asparagus with easy blender hollandaise sauce
Asparagus and hollandaise make a perfect pairing, and it couldn't be easier with this easy blender hollandaise sauce.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 2
Calories: 196 kcal
Course:
Brunch
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 12 stems asparagus or more/less to taste
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper
- ⅛ teaspoon Dijon mustard
- ½ tablespoon lemon or lime juice
- 2 eggs (optional but makes it a fuller dish)
- 2 tablespoon unsalted butter 30g
Instructions
- Snap the ends off the asparagus where they break naturally, without wasting too much. Heat a pot of water for poaching your eggs and separately, heat a shallow amount of water in either a tall pot to cook the asparagus directly, or a wide one which will take a steamer on top that will hold the stems of asparagus.
- Set the asparagus to steam, either with the bottom of the stems in a shallow amount of water or in a steamer, and steam for around 5-7mins, depending on thickness (keep a close eye on it). Remove once tender to a knifepoint.
- Meanwhile, start on the hollandaise sauce - put the egg yolk into a blender container along with the cayenne pepper, mustard and lemon juice and blend until smooth.
- Next, poach your two whole eggs in slightly salted water until the whites are translucent and the yolks are still slightly soft.
- As the eggs are almost ready, melt the butter.
- Add the melted butter in a steady pour to the egg yolk mixture, with the blender running the whole time so that it is properly combined.
- Serve the asparagus, topped with the eggs and the sauce drizzled over the top. Sprinkle a little cayenne on top, if you like.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
196kcal
(10%)
Carbohydrates
1g
(0%)
Protein
7g
(14%)
Fat
18g
(28%)
Saturated Fat
9g
(45%)
Cholesterol
291mg
(97%)
Sodium
72mg
(3%)
Potassium
60mg
(2%)
Vitamin A
765IU
(15%)
Vitamin C
1.5mg
(2%)
Calcium
36mg
(4%)
Iron
1.2mg
(7%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 196
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 196kcal | 10% |
| Carbohydrates | 1g | 0% |
| Protein | 7g | 14% |
| Fat | 18g | 28% |
| Saturated Fat | 9g | 45% |
| Cholesterol | 291mg | 97% |
| Sodium | 72mg | 3% |
| Potassium | 60mg | 1% |
| Vitamin A | 765IU | 15% |
| Vitamin C | 1.5mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 36mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1.2mg | 7% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.