German Horseradish Sauce

Preparation info
  • Makes

    200 ml

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Paul Gayler's Sauce Book

By Paul Gayler

Published 2015

  • About

In Britain we prefer our horseradish sauce mixed with cream - to accompany one of our natural treasures, roast beef - but it can be omitted to create a sharper, or German, version. Always use fresh, crisp horseradish, as it loses its strong flavour the older it gets. Delicious with smoked fish.

Ingredients

  • 1 fresh horseradish root, about 350 g
  • juice of ½ lemon
  • a

Method

  1. Peel the horseradish and grate it finely into a bowl. Take care as the fumes can be extremely strong.
  2. Add the lemon juice, sugar and salt to taste.
  3. Stir in the semi-whipped cream, if using. Cover with clingfilm and refrigerate until ready to use.