Sauce Maltaise -- French Orange Sauce

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil provides a healthier fat option.

orange juice

🥗Healthier: fresh grapefruit juice

💰Cheaper: canned orange juice

Grapefruit juice offers a unique flavor while being lower in calories.

Separate the yolks from the whites of 4 eggs and place the yolks in a bowl.

Measure out 15 G of white wine vinegar and add it to the bowl with the egg yolks.

Squeeze 60 G or 1/4 cup of blood orange juice into the bowl.

Add zest from half of the blood orange to the mixture.

Set up a ban Marie with water and heat it up.

Whisk the egg yolk mixture over the ban Marie until it starts to thicken.

Melt 115 G of butter separately.

Once the egg mixture thickens, remove it from the heat and slowly drizzle in the melted butter while whisking continuously.

Add salt and white pepper to taste, and whisk well until combined.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

Spice Level:

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