Chef Johns Bearnaise Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• Whisk egg yolks, black pepper, tarragon Dijon mustard, tarragon vinegar, water, and salt in a metal mixing bowl or small saucepan. Place over low heat and whisk until mixture foams, small wisps of steam appear from the sauce, and sauce is hot and thick, 1 to 2 minutes. Raise and lower the pan over the heat to increase or reduce heat.
• Remove from heat and whisk a few more seconds to make sauce slightly fluffy. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Place 1 cup tarragon, shallots, and peppercorns in a saucepan. Pour in white wine vinegar, white wine, and water. Place over medium-high heat and bring to a simmer; stir. Reduce heat to medium-low to maintain a gentle simmer and reduce liquid to about 3 tablespoons, 20 to 30 minutes. Remove from heat. Strain into a bowl through a fine mesh strainer, pressing vegetable/herb mixture to extract as much liquid as possible.
• Place 1/4 cup chopped tarragon and capers in a mortar. Mash with a pestle about 1 minute. Add 1 tablespoon cold butter. Mash and pound with pestle until ingredients are thoroughly combined in a solid mass. Transfer to a piece of plastic wrap; wrap and chill.
• Place egg yolks in a stainless steel (flameproof) mixing bowl; add 3 tablespoons tarragon/shallot reduction; whisk together. Add cold butter cubes. Place bowl over low to medium heat whisking constantly until sauce thickens, as you hold the bowl with a kitchen towel. After butter melts continue whisking; mixture will turn a lighter yellow color after 8 to 10 minutes. When mixture is nice and thick, reduce heat to low and stir in compound butter broken into chunks. Continue whisking. Remove from heat. Season with salt, cayenne pepper, and black pepper.

Steps:

• Tie the peppercorns and 2 tarragon sprigs in cheesecloth and secure with butcher's twine to make a sachet. In a medium saucepan, combine the vinegar, shallots and sachet and simmer over low heat until the liquid is evaporated, 10 to 15 minutes. Let cool; discard the sachet.
• In a medium bowl set over a double boiler, whisk together the egg yolks and lemon juice. Heat, whisking constantly, until the yolks are pale and slightly thickened. Slowly ladle in the clarified butter, whisking constantly, until the sauce is emulsified. If sauce looks like it is getting too thick, add water by the tablespoon until you reach the desired consistency. Remove from the heat and add the chopped tarragon and 1 tablespoon of the shallots. Season with salt and pepper.

Steps:

• Warm skillet, toast pine nuts in a dry skillet until golden brown. Watch closely taking care not to burn. Remove from skillet and set aside to cool.
• Prep all your ingredients.
• Cut chicken into 1" cubes or bite sized pieces. Season with salt and pepper.
• In the mean time, start boiling water for pasta, add salt to the water and boil pasta until al dente,per package directions.
• Warm skillet over medium heat, add olive oil and garlic, sautee for 1 minute. To same skillet, add chicken and cook until no longer pink.
• Add asparagus, sliced mushrooms, artichoke hearts and wine to the skillet and steam through until crispy tender.
• Meanwhile: In a small sauce pan, make bearnaise sauce according to package directions. Pour over chicken medley. If the sauce is too thick, add more white wine. Top with toasted pine nuts, olives. Warm through.
• Serve over pasta and serve immediately.

Steps:

• First, make bearnaise sauce.
• In a small saucepan, combine the tarragon, shallots, vinegar and wine over medium-high heat; bring to a simmer and cook until reduced by half.
• Remove from heat and set aside.
• Place a stainless steel bowl over a saucepan containing simmering water, or use a double boiler.
• Whisk the egg yolks in the bowl until doubled in volume; slowly add the melted butter, continue beating until sauce is thickened.
• Stir in reserved shallot reduction.
• Season with salt and pepper, set aside wrapped in a warm spot (makes one cup).
• Now, make veal.
• Blanch asparagus tips in simmering water, drain and set aside.
• Poach crab legs in water, white wine and lemon slices for 5 minutes, then shell with a crab cracker and reserve meat.
• In a shallow dish combine flour, salt and pepper; coat pieces of veal.
• In a saucepan over medium heat, melt 1 tbsp of butter and fry cutlets 3 minutes each side until golden brown; remove the veal to a warm platter.
• Using the same pan, melt remaining butter, then stir in shallots and tarragon.
• Add olive oil, asparagus and crab.
• Saute 2 minutes to warm.
• To serve: place asparagus and crab on top of each cutlet; drizzle each with sauce, and serve hot.