There’s a fantastic little Fruit Market in the area where I work. The produce is great, and for a really tiny store, he carries a fantastic variety, including a great organic selection. I’ll often pop in there and get some inspiration for a dish. The owner is always stocking interesting and unusual things…sometimes things I’ve never seen before! Recently I saw that he had a little sign on the door which read, “We are selling Fresh Horseradish!!!!” Now, my Dad and I love prepared Horseradish with our steak! However, commercial prepared Horseradish tends to contain all sorts of odd and unwanted ingredients. I figured it was fate calling me to make my own!
Now, I will warn you…this is strong stuff! Don’t try this without taking some precautions.
Deadly Horseradish Sauce
Ingredients
1 Fresh Horseradish
Vinegar
Sea Salt
Tools
Fine Box Grater
Ski Goggles
Clean Glass Container
Directions
Now, if you’re all fancy and have a food processor that can shred or grate, then you can avoid risking life and limb for deliciously zippy Horseradish Sauce. However, making this by hand will clear out your sinuses like nothing else! Actually I didn’t really realize what I was getting into at first. This is STRONG stuff. Don’t be like me…I didn’t put on my ski goggles until tears were streaming down my face and I literally could not see. See, I do these things so that you don’t have to. It was in the name of science.
SO, firstly, put on some eye and possibly mouth protection. Peel off the knobbly skin from the Horseradish. Once the skin is peeled you will be left with the spicy white innards, which you must then grate! You want it to be quite finely grated so that it has a nice texture. As you grate, periodically transfer the Horseradish to your clean jar, and sprinkle it with the Sea Salt. Once it is all grated, sprinkle with a little bit more Salt. Pour on the Vinegar until it is just covered, and then seal and refrigerate. You’ll want to make this some time ahead of when you will be using it so that all the flavours can mingle.
Serve with some freshly grilled Steak! Yum!
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I LOVE the illustration and instructions for this – ski goggles! *snort*
And on that note, they have fresh horseradish at the natural foods store we frequent…and Beloved loves him some horseradish sauce.
I think you also need to make it in advance to let the air clear and recover your sense of taste/smell before eating!
Love the design, the details are great! It reminds me of the flood spores from Halo! : P
We just harvest some horseradish root that has been growing for 3 years. We each took a teeny tiny bite just to be sure it really was the right root, and it took about 1/2 a second to confirm it was indeed horseradish. But we love the stuff!! Thanks for sharing this with us Alex.