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From: alan@mtxinu.UUCP (Alan Tobey)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: Reheating Hollandaise - can it be done?
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Date: Mon, 6-Jan-86 15:40:17 EST
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> Is it possible to reheat hollandaise sauce once it has been refrigerated?
> When it cools, it gets very thick.  How do you get it to thin out?  It seems
> that heating it would cook the egg yolks and make it even thicker.
> -- 

Mix it with a little commercial mayonnaise (c. 20% of its volume)
and beat it with a whisk in a double-boiler over hot (not boiling) water
until uniform and smooth.