It was my first time making this and both my boyfriend and I think it turned out great, but a little strong on the lemon juice so next time I'm cutting it down a bit.

This was recipe was delicous. However, there was way too much Hollandaise sauce made for the amount of food prepared. We recommend cutting the sauce recipe in half. The recipe was fairly easy to follow. It does take just about an hour to prepare plus cleaning.

This was really good. I wish I would have read the time saver tips before, I'll try them next time. I also plan on halving the lemon juice in the sauce. It was a little overpowering. Other than that it was excellent!

I just made this recipe... It was pretty good.. I crushed a clove of garlic into juice from one lemon... and let it sit for a while.... I tried not to get most of the garlic in. Juice from one lemon is a little too lemony. I donno if this makes a difference but I was tought in chef school, that you should always whisk side to side, up and down... not in a circular motion. I also put the finished product under the broiler to toast the tops of of nice... YUmmmmm

Thought I would suprise my wife by making a special sunday breakfast....I was not dissapointed by this recipe and neither was she! This was my first time making a hollandaise sauce and it came out great. I highly recommend this recipe. Yummy!

love the hollandaise sauce

Delicious! I didn't change a thing and it turned out great. My first time pouching eggs-super easy!!

Excellent! And I tried all the various versions suggested by other reviewers. The blender method makes it easier and faster, but the double boiler method tastes less eggy and the heat blends all the flavors together very well. Another advantage to making the sauce on the double boiler is that you can keep it hot till you are ready to serve. The key to using the double boiler is to make sure the water is only simmering (not boiling) and NOT touching the bottom of the sauce pan. (I used key limes instead of lemons, and added a couple of extra drops of Worcestershire sauce (to taste).) Combine the eggs, lime/lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce in a separate bowl before pouring into the double boiler. Then KEEP WHISKING, DON'T STOP, even after the last drop of butter has been added, keep whisking till everything is smooth. Making this receipe is like conducting an orchestra. Prepping is key. I started with the bacon then popped it into a warm oven. I also put heat-safe breakfast plates in the oven to warm them up. I made the sauce, then when that was done, I took it off the double boiler and set it aside. Then I popped the English muffins in a toaster oven (on light toast), then used the water in the boiler to poach the eggs. Stir up the sauce while the bread and eggs are cooking. The bread and eggs should be done simultanously. I garnished with a sprinkle of Hot Hungarian Paprika.

We loved this recipe! It was very time consuming (at least for a breakfast). I took other reviewer's suggestions and made the sauce last and not first. It was hard to time everything correctly to make sure that it all finished at around the same time, but if you plan ahead it is possible. I did as others suggested and pulled out all ingredients and measurements before I began. I did cut back on the lemon juice (to 2T) and it was just right. It was still very lemony, but we love lemon. Oh, and I added cayenne pepper to the sauce to give it a little kick. Overall, excellent recipe!

The first time I made this recipe, well it was a disaster. The double boiler method to make the sauce was a huge failure despite my best effort to follow the directions exactly. I ended up with a lumpy, very unappealing hollandaise sauce. The 2nd time I attempted this recipe; I used the suggestion of other "raters" and mixed the hollandaise sauce in my blender. Much, much easier and the results were perfect - a nicely incorporated sauce, not a clumpy mess. I still haven't determined however what our preference is regarding the lemon juice. 3 1/2 T. of lemon juice seemed like too much however during the 2nd try, we reduced the lemon juice to 2 T. and that actually didn't seem to be enough. I guess we'll just have to keep experimenting with the lemon juice. Over all however, a really easy recipe. The only down side is that this is a recipe that should be piping hot for the best results. A real challenge when you are preparing this for 4 or 5 people (the eggs will get ahead of you, the muffins will start to brown too quickly, or the bacon or sauce will start to get too cool). I'll definitely try this again.

This was my first time to make and eat this dish. Hubby said it was better than any restaurant version he's had in the past. I served grits on the side though!

This was my first attempt at making eggs benedict and they turned out very well. I also put less lemon than the recipe called for. I made the sauce in a double boiler with no problem at all. I brought the water to a boil without the top part on, and mixed the ingredients in the top before putting it on the bottom part. The heat of the butter alone was enough to get the process started, then once I placed the top on the bottom, everything cooked very evenly.

Both my husband and myself thought the hollandaise sauce was a little more tart than what we were used to, but we enjoyed it none-the-less!

I have never attempted to make eggs benedict before and was pretty happy with the final result. I took a previous reviewer's recommendation of making the hollandaise sauce in the blender and it was so quick and easy. Just make sure the butter is very hot. Mine wasn't and made for a room-temp. sauce which cooled quickly. That is my only complaint with the recipe. It is necessary to make things quickly to keep everything warm and then serve it warm. It cooled off quickly. Not the fault of this recipe. Next time, I would make the sauce hotter.

this was very good as a treat. i found the calorie and fat count almost disturbing!

I might suggest garnishing with fresh dill, as an alternative to chives, as well. And I will second the replacing of pepper with cayenne pepper.

Everything turned out great but the sauce. Recipe says 3.5 TBS i used 2 and still had to add 2 eggs and another stick of butter to even out the lemon. Try starting with 1/2 TBS and go from there.

was wonderful... made it and everyone loved it!! thank you !!! ~Lex~

The taste on this recipe is very good, but I had some problems with the cooking methods. I made the sauce in a blender as suggested by others (excellent) and cut the lemon to 2 TBLs (this was plenty). I poached the eggs as directed in a large saucepan for 3 minutes. This did not produce a very good poached egg. If you have an egg poaching pan, I would use that. Three minutes was also a little long. I will try 2.5 next time. In the end, the product was still very good.

i tried this recipe out for the first time this weekend and it turned out pretty good! but i did make a few adjustments and had a few minor problems i only added 1 tablespoon of the lemon juice and still found it too lemony for my liking so next time i think i will add even less. also, i tried making the hollandaise with the double boiler and i even started mixing everything while it was still cold to avoid cooking my eggs but it was inevitable and the eggs eventually cooked leaving my hollandaise looking chunky and gross, not smooth and creamy. so i ended up making it with a blender just like another reviewer suggested and it turned out perfectly! overall i am pretty happy with how it turned out. i just need to work on my timing and i will definitely wait til the end next time to make the sauce instead of making it at the beginning like the recipe says.