Vegetables: Serve with asparagus, broccoli, potatoes, and mushrooms-or as a delicious dip for steamed artichoke leaves.
Seafood: Serve with shrimp, oysters, crab, salmon, flounder, and trout.
Eggs: Serve with poached or scrambled eggs.
Hollandaise sauce is a classic embellishment for hash with a poached egg, and for egg dishes such as Eggs Benedict, Eggs Sardou (poached eggs topped with artichoke hearts, ham, Hollandaise), and Eggs Florentine (poached eggs on English muffins with spinach and Hollandaise).
Meats: Serve with beef, veal, lamb, pork, or ham.
Poultry: Serve with chicken or turkey.
Additions: Hollandaise marries well with other flavors. For a different twist, try stirring in a small amount of one of the following:
- Citrus zest
- Minced herbs such as tarragon, mint, basil, chives, and parsley
- Tomato paste
- Capers
- Whipped cream
- Mustard
- Puréed artichokes or asparagus
- Minced shellfish, smoked fish, cooked bacon, or ham
These additions expand the range of Hollandaise even further to make dishes like mint Hollandaise with lamb, Hollandaise flavored with tomato paste and cayenne over roast beef tenderloin, or a crab omelet topped with Hollandaise mixed with minced smoked ham or salmon.