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Classic Eggs Benedict with Easy Hollandaise

Brunch at home: toasted English muffins, ham, poached eggs and a foolproof 2-minute blender hollandaise.

⏱ 25 min 🍽 Serves 2 👩‍🍳 Medium
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Eggs Benedict seems fancy, but the blender hollandaise makes it doable on a lazy Sunday morning.

Recipe: Classic Eggs Benedict with Easy Hollandaise

Prep10 min
Cook15 min
Total25 min
Serves2
LevelMedium
Calories~640

Ingredients

  • 2 English muffins, split
  • 4 slices ham or Canadian bacon
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tbsp vinegar

Blender hollandaise

  • 3 egg yolks
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • ½ cup (115 g) butter, melted and hot
  • Pinch of salt and cayenne
  • Chives to serve

Instructions

  1. Blend yolks, lemon and salt 5 seconds. With the blender running, slowly pour in hot butter until thick.
  2. Toast muffins and warm the ham in a pan.
  3. Poach eggs in simmering vinegar water 3 minutes.
  4. Stack muffin, ham, egg, then spoon over hollandaise. Finish with cayenne and chives.

💡 Tips for success

  • Keep hollandaise warm in a bowl set over warm (not hot) water.

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