Lime Butter Sauce

Lime Butter Sauce
Categories: Salsa/sauce, Tex/mexican
Video Games Kitchen And Dining Movies Gifts Yield: 2 servings

2 ea Egg Yolks; Large 1/2 c Butter; NOT Margarine
1 T Lime Juice 1/2 t Lime Peel; Grated

Stir egg yolks and lime juice vigorously in a 1 1/2-quart saucepan.
Add 1/4 cup of the butter. Heat over very low heat, stirring
constantly, until butter is melted. Add remaining butter. Continue
heating, stirring vigorously, until butter is melted and sauce is
thickinged. (Be sure butter melts slowly so that sauce will thicken
without curdling.) Stir in lime peel. Serve hot or at room
temperature. Cover and refrigerate any remaining sauce. Makes about
3/4 cup of Lime Hollandaise sauce.