Fresh Asparagus With Orange Hollandaise Sauce (Recipe)

Ingredients

1 pound fresh asparagus spears

2 egg yolks

1 teaspoon grated orange peel

2 tablespoons orange juice

Dash salt

Dash pepper

1/4 cup butter or margarine, cut into tablespoons

1/4 cup dairy sour cream

Finely shredded orange peel (optional)

Steps

1.  Snap off and discard woody bases from the fresh asparagus.  If desired, scrape off scales.  Cook, covered, in a small amount of boiling water for 8 to 10 minutes or until crisp-tender.  Drain and set aside, keeping hot.

2.  In a small saucepan using a wire whisk, combine the egg yolks, grated orange peel, orange juice, salt and pepper.

3.  Over low heat, continue whisking, adding the butter, one tablespoon at a time, until the butter is melted and the sauce is thickened (about 7 minutes).

4.  Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in the sour cream.  Return the sauce to the stovetop and heat through but do not boil.

5.  Transfer the hot asparagus to a warm serving dish.  Pour the sauce cover the asparagus.  Garnish with the finely shredded orange peel, if desired.

Tips;

If you know you're going to be short on time, make this sauce ahead and store it, covered, in the refrigerator.  Then, before serving, reheat the sauce over low heat just until warm.

Try this sauce over your favorite fish fillets or fish steaks too.

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