Horseradish
About
Cutting or grating horseradish releases hot, bitter compounds as a natural defense mechanism, producing a sharp, eye-watering intensity. It's typically paired with equally strong flavors like smoked food, roast beef, sharp cheese or spiced tomato juice, but in small amounts can enhance delicate raw seafood. Like chili and mustard, it heightens other flavors in a dish and can also cut fishiness or earthiness in ingredients like potato and beet. Wasabi is covered in the same category.
Pairs well with horseradish
- EaPotatoSeasoning mash with horseradish gives cottage pie topping a sharper edge, and horseradish mayonnaise works well in a potato salad served…
- FrTomatoTomato ketchup mixed with horseradish makes a simple sauce for raw oysters or cooked shrimp, with a dash of chili sauce added for extra…
- FrAppleA sauce of grated tart apple and fresh horseradish, loosened with sour cream and seasoned with salt, cayenne, lemon juice and a little…
- MeBeefThis classic English pairing likely originated in Germany, where horseradish was used to accompany fish and meat much as English cooking…
- BrBaconBacon and tomato are a familiar match, but horseradish sauce is worth trying instead, especially with good smoked bacon, where it…
- MaOily FishHorseradish is a classic sauce for simply cooked oily fish, is used to cure herring, and, in the form of wasabi, provides a sharp contrast…
- EaCeleryEarly Bloody Mary recipes, including the one attributed to the drink's self-proclaimed inventor, didn't include celery or horseradish, but…
- GrPeaEnglish and Japanese cuisines treat the same pea very differently: the English boil marrowfat peas down into a soft green mush, while the…
- EaBeetMild, sweet beet tempers sharp horseradish.
- MaOysterIn New Orleans, oysters are traditionally served with horseradish alone or mixed with tomato ketchup, the contrast between the cold oyster…
- BrSmoked FishHorseradish's strong association with beef has overshadowed its natural affinity for oily fish, though the pairing remains prominent in…
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