Bearnaise Sauce

Ingredients:
2/3 cup white-wine vinegar
1 shallot, minced
1 1/2 teaspoons dried tarragon
4 large egg yolks
1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
Coarse salt

Instructions:
In a small saucepan, bring vinegar, shallot, and tarragon to a boil. Cook until liquid has reduced to 2 tablespoons, about 4 minutes. Strain through a fine mesh sieve. Rinse out saucepan, and return strained vinegar

Add egg yolks and 2 tablespoons water. Cook, over low heat, whisking constantly, until mixture thickens and forms thick ribbons, 3 to 4 minutes.

Whisk in butter, if sauce gets too hot (it starts to bubble), remove from heat and whisk in a piece of butter. Continue whisking until all the butter has been absorbed, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and immediately transfer to a bowl to stop further cooking. Season with salt. Use immediately, or keep warm over a pan of barely simmering water.

Bonus:

Add whipped cream to make it Mousseline sauce
or
Add couple Tbsp tomato puree to make it Choron sauce

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