Homemade Horseradish

Name: Homemade Horseradish
Yield: Makes About ⅔ Cup
Ingredients: 2½ teaspoons sugar, preferably superfine, or to taste; ¾ teaspoon coarse (kosher) salt or sea salt, plus more to taste; 6 to 8 ounces fresh horseradish (about the size of a smallish banana); ¼ cup rice wine vinegar or white wine vinegar, or more to taste; Juice of ½ lemon

Preparation info

Makes About
⅔ Cup

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Get in There and Cook

By Richard Sax

Published 1997

About

Ingredients

6 to 8 ounces fresh horseradish (about the size of a smallish banana)
2½ teaspoons sugar, preferably

Sauce
Vegan

Method

With a paring knife, cut away the woody outer coating of the horseradish and discard. Finely grate it into a medium bowl; you should have about 1 cup or slightly more.
Add the sugar, salt, lemon juice, and vinegar, stirring to combine the ingredients. If you use white wine vinegar, you may need slightly less. Taste (the horseradish is very hot at this s