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How to Make Horseradish + Recipes

November 11, 2013 By: Anna7 Comments

How to Make Horseradish

When you think of horseradish, what food pairing comes to mind?  Some add horseradish to their tomato juice, others add it to their meatloaf.  Using horseradish zings up ho hum dishes.  But, you don’t need to grow horseradish to enjoy it.   Learn below how to make horseradish.  You will never go back to store bought again.

(Read here on how to grow it.  It is very easy but can be quite invasive.)

Pick the Right Horseradish

I grow horseradish and use it right away.  However, you can buy horseradish at farmer’s markets or at the grocery store.  Look for a firm horseradish.  If it slightly limp or has spots on it, don’t use buy it.  See my video below on what home grown horseradish and its leaves look like.

How to Make Horseradish:

Before you proceed to make horseradish, listed below are a few warnings:

  1. Fresh horseradish will be much hotter than store bought horseradish.
  2. Before you process the horseradish, open your windows or take your blender, grater, or food processor outside.   The smell is very potent and will make your bawl like a baby.  I am not kidding.
  3. Pour vinegar on the grated horseradish right away to less the strength of the horseradish.  Raw horseradish make wasabi look like a wimp.
  4. A commenter on Simply Recipes noted that she peels the horseradish with the water running.  It lessens the smell.  (Note, I haven’t tried this yet.)
  5. Wear gloves.  You will thank me later.

Okay.  Now you are ready.

Directions:

  1. Peel the horseradish.  I use my carrot peeler.
  2. Cut it up into one to two inch slices and throw it in the food processor.
  3. Add 1 to 2 tablespoons of vinegar.
  4. Scrape it out of the bowl and put it in a glass jar for the refrigerator.

Shelf life:

Refrigerated Horseradish
Elise of Simply Recipes noted the horseradish will keep for 3 to 4 weeks in the refrigerator.   You can freeze the whole root or freeze some jars of horseradish if you want to keep it for longer.

My experience has been different probably due to my knee jerk reaction to the smell.  I filled up the entire jar with horseradish and vinegar.  It took about 2 years for the horseradish smell to dissipate.  At the two year mark, the horseradish is still white but doesn’t have much taste.

Recipes:

Listed below are some interesting recipes I found on the internet.  Add your favorite recipe in the comments.

  • Spelt Risotto with Beets and Horseradish.
  • Classic Raw Horseradish and Beets recipe.
  • Carrot Horseradish Bread Recipe for Bread Machines
  • Tons of recipes on Horseradish.org.
  • Pizzeria Mozza’s marinated beets with horseradish

 

Join the Conversation:

  • Do you make your own horseradish?
  • What are your favorite horseradish recipes.

Source:  How to prepare Horseradish

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Comments

  1. 1

    karen says

    November 19, 2013 at 11:26 am

    I cried when I was trying to grate the little piece you gave me. Made my mom teared up too. Potent stuff! What do they use in store bought ones? Aren’t they horseradish? Those aren’t as nearly as lethal.

    Reply
    • 2

      Anna@Green Talk says

      November 19, 2013 at 11:35 am

      Karen, as horseradish ages, it loses it zing. Maybe this is why commerical isn’t as strong? Anna

      Reply
  2. 3

    Becky says

    November 19, 2013 at 11:37 am

    This is a great post, Anna! I love horseradish and have always paid too much for those tiny jars of “prepared.”

    Reply
    • 4

      Anna@Green Talk says

      November 19, 2013 at 11:39 am

      Becky, do you have a post where you use horseradish in a recipe. I adore your recipes. Anna

      Reply
  3. 5

    Betsy (Eco-novice) says

    November 19, 2013 at 12:47 pm

    My mother LOVES horseradish. I’m guessing the homemade stuff is pretty delish. I’ll have to share this one with her.

    Reply
    • 6

      Anna@Green Talk says

      November 19, 2013 at 1:32 pm

      Betsy, it is really potent–like open your doors when making! Anna

      Reply
  4. 7

    Tyvek Ciny says

    October 25, 2015 at 7:30 am

    First time visitor, I am looking to find out how to make horseradish. I ve never done it before. Is there any way to make this and can it so that it will last for mor than 3 to 4 weeks? I would like to make some of this sauce and keep it all winter and spring at least.

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