From Barnyard to Bernaise

Moments like these are priceless. We’ve been on a home cooking spree as of late and the boy doesn’t back down from a challenge. Last night he set out to whip up a classic bernaise sauce, and unlike my cooking experiments, everything worked out perfectly.

Taking a cue from Nigella Lawson’s presumptuously titled book, How to Eat, Ciaran turned a stick of butter and some herbs into a fucking gorgeous sauce.

Sadly, when Nigella told us, “Too much tarragon can evoke that manure-underfoot, farmhouse scent,” she wasn’t kidding. I love leaning over a good pot of sauce, but this one left me gagging.

And forget about finding any chervil. Go annoy yourself at 8 different groceries or simply use a substitute. 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes plus 1/8 teaspoon rubbed, dried sage does the trick. We didn’t do this and Nigella didn’t seem to care, “the sauce will still taste fabulous.”