What's the difference between Eggs Benedict, Eggs Royale and Eggs Florentine?

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Published 2022-10-08
I posted a short Eggs Royale video a couple of months ago and there was a lot of comments about it just being an Eggs Benedict with salmon - did you know it has three different names? Eggs Benedict (aka Benny) is with ham, Eggs Royale with smoked salmon and Eggs Florentine is with spinach. Today, I’m making all three and deciding which one is my favourite (with the help of babe).

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Ingredients

- 250g butter, clarified
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- Salt to taste
- Juice of 1/2 a lemon

Other ingredients

- English muffins
- Poached eggs
- Ham, smoked salmon or spinach
- Chives, smoked paprika or cracked black pepper to garnish

Method

1. To clarify your butter, all you do is put it into a pot over a medium low heat to melt it and bring it to a simmer. Skim the solids off the top and then once it has become clear, pour into another container, leaving the solids in the bottom of the pot to discard.
2. Place a medium size pot half full with water over the heat and bring to a light simmer.
3. Put the heat-proof bowl over the top of the boiling water and add the 3 egg yolks and vinegar.
4. Whisk this until the yolks double in size and go a light yellow colour.
5. Remove the bowl from the heat and slowly stream in the clarified butter, make sure the clarified butter is only lukewarm (not hot).
6. As the sauce starts to get very thick, add in a couple of drops of water to thin it out slightly, but be careful not to add too much water as you don't want to lose sauce.
7. Once the clarified butter is emulsified with the yolks, season it with salt and lemon juice to taste.

All Comments (21)
  • @peepboon
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  • @Raunchy133
    Very useful tip for beginners: if you do your hollandaise the classic ways and you fail by separating it, don't throw it out. It can be fixed very easily. Grab another similar bowl, put 1 table spoon of boiling water into it and start whisking it while slowly pouring in your broken hollandaise sauce. It'll be like new. Also, the main reason your hollandaise will separate is because the bowl touches the water, or the water is boiling too rapidly and there's too much heat on your bowl. Only use 2-3cm of water in your pot and bring it to a constant gentle simmer. It's very easy Alternatively, you can use a stick blender to make the hollandaise sauce, which is by far easier than the traditional way. Put 2-3 egg yolks in the stick blender’s cup, 1-2 tbs of boiling water, 1-2 tsp of whatever type of vinegar you prefer, a pinch of salt, a bit of pepper, and blitz everything with the blender. While it’s running, slowly pour the melted unsalted butter in (with the blender method you don’t even need to clarify the butter because it’ll emulsify it anyway).
  • One of the best cooking channels... no fluff, no stupid singing or non-stop editing... straight to the point and the food is perfectly accessible for anyone to make.
  • @2Wheels_NYC
    First off, all 3 look excellent. But, this entire episode is about a phenomenal hollandaise sauce! Probably the best recipe I've seen, definitely better than mine!
  • @DJR136
    Andy please please please do more than one full vid a week! So interesting and no over the top shenanigans like some channels, just interesting informative cooking, wonderful, keep it up ❤️
  • I once had brunch at a restaurant and ordered what was called 'Texas Benedict'. It was an Eggs Benedict with grilled sourdough bread, pulled pork, jalapenos, barbecue sauce, poached egg, hollandaise, and pickled red onion. It was so damn delicious!
  • @Snipergollum
    Brother this brings back memories. The first restaurant I worked in. We had five Benedict on brunch. Classic, Royale, smoked trout with sage hollandaise, soft shell crab (in season), and a Oyster Rockefeller. I was a dishwasher. Two weeks after I was hired the sous chef sent an unseasoned beschemel to the pass. Owner told him even a dish washer could do better and fired him. He promoted me to his sous. He then put me through the gauntlet. True trial by fire lol. I spent 4 years in that position and loved/hated every minute. I will always be grateful for the opportunity that chef gave to 15 year old me. You made a beautiful hollandaise Andy. Thank you so much for the memories and for teaching the newer generations how to cook properly. Respect!
  • @77BenWells
    Love the Florentine and the Royale... Trying to loose a load of weight, I swap out the muffin with a large flat mushroom and add chopped spring onions to the spinach and add a slice of ham, or a snaked haddock fillet. Whichever way you cook any of these three, they're great. Love the channel Andy....pretty new to you, but loving it fella! Thanks for all the content!
  • I worked for chef that made me take stems off spinach too.. At first I thought it was nuts. Now years later I'm retired but I still do this and teach my kid to. It makes such a difference. Also gives you time to look at each leaf for quality which I feel is also worth it. Cheers
  • I’m so glad that I got to watch you make hollandaise sauce & poached eggs for all of these variations. Truly appreciate this video. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.
  • @annsmith1760
    Such a good cook. Explains step by step beautifully. Such a class act!
  • @LumiLightz
    Love your channel and the style of your videos. Not crowded, to the point, easy to understand and easy to follow. Definitely staying for more!
  • @adamjackson82
    I think you're right about the menu condensing. We run eggs benny numerous ways as a Friday and Saturday breakfast special. Instead of saying each dish by it's name, we say "Eggs Benny, with wilted spinach and either bacon, ham, smoked salmon, or asparagus" All of them have wilted spinach as standard, and sometimes we get in other things like chorizo or Irish pork sausage. Love your work, mate!
  • @kateh7406
    This is my absolute favorite channel! Thanks Chef Andy for being cool and an amazing Chef. Babe, too! 😊
  • @efmedia9548
    You are absolutely magical! Thank you for taking the time to make these programs! So fun to watch and so educational. Many thanks, Best regards, Anders from Sweden 👏🏻🤘🏻
  • @hnidell1
    I love this channel!!! Thank you so much for the cooking lessons! ❤️
  • Thank you chef. Presentation is on point and covers each technique in an easy to understand way.
  • In Olympia Wa, we have a Bavarian Benedict,.. Its with a pretzel bun, and a stoneground mustard hollaindaise sauce, w/ pastrami & corned beef , and fried sauerkraut as well... It is absolutely amazing, and its probably my favorite benedict next to the amazing Lox Benedict aka Royal.. :)