How to Prepare Horseradish at Home.

How to prepare horseradish at home.

Do not just want to consume food and eat it, to food, flavored with mustard or horseradish, caused the whole gamut of emotions, and spirit intercepted bouncer tear? Then you are a true foodie and a deep admirer of the common plants in our area, like horseradish. This is a laudable passion, because the root of this plant is not only stands out for its distinctive taste, but it is also incredibly useful for the human body, due to the presence in its composition of a variety of vitamins and trace elements such as iron, phosphorus, copper, potassium and others. These useful elements make the horseradish in the treatment of diseases such as scurvy, tuberculosis and even cancer.

But today we'll learn how to prepare horseradish at home. At first, let us see how to dry fuck and make them a powder. To do this, fuck you must first dig. Do it properly in the autumn, when the hell is not bitter, but really vigorous. After washing, and, as the purging root of this plant, planed knife or rub on a coarse grater, and the resulting chips are put into heated to 60ºC, oven. Drying horseradish at this temperature should not be less than 2-2.5 hours. Horseradish heat cannot, because he will start to lose their "anger." The dried powder was ground in a coffee grinder and lay the resulting cake mix in a glass jar, tightly close the lid.

Such a powder of horseradish will be an excellent seasoning for meat or aspic. Before use, it must pour boiling water and add the salt, honey or sugar, vinegar or lemon juice. In addition, you can prepare a kind of paste, mixing the resulting mixture with mayonnaise, sour cream or grated beets. The resulting paste can be served with ham or meat, cooked in the oven.
And now we'll tell you how to prepare horseradish at home from the fresh root. For this we need, in fact he horseradish (10-15 cm cut the spine), 3 teaspoons sugar, 1 tablespoon lemon juice or 9% vinegar, 1 teaspoon salt, and 150-200 ml. cold boiled water. To begin with, the washed and cleaned horseradish root to soak in cold, almost icy water for 3-4 days, with daily water changes. Horseradish can soak and longer such as 7 days, if horseradish excessively dry. This can only benefit the dish, and rub it will be much easier.

Four days later, soaking, sodden hell gat and rub on a small grater. Do not use the food processor or blender, as hell after their use alters the taste. Although, you have to go through a time when the eyes of the streams will flow tears, and will capture the spirit as when riding on a "roller coaster." But that's for the benefit of the body, and a kind of ritual any lover of hot spices. The resulting pile of "evil chips" fill it with water, and add sugar, salt, lemon juice or vinegar. At the same time, our semi-finished product is ready.

Now, our mixing horseradish with mayonnaise, we get a refined sauce that is perfect with cold dishes, such as chicken roll or stuffed fish. You can also mix our horseradish and sour cream, adding ketchup and a bit of spicy mustard. This would be the sauce, excellent in taste, dressing for different salads, such as a salad of radish, celery or Chinese cabbage. Finally, the resulting horseradish can be used as a separate condiment for meat and fish dishes.

It is, of course, beet salad. Beetroot , more than anything else combined with horseradish, and this salad fit for any smoked, boiled pork, ham and beef on the grill . For this salad is necessary to take 1 kg of beet, spine horseradish, cumin, salt, sugar, vinegar and boiled water. Boiled beets need to grate, and add to it a ready-made chips with horseradish. Mix and fill the dish with salt, sugar, water and vinegar. Add, also, 2 teaspoons cumin. Try to get a salad, achieving exquisite taste, and put in the refrigerator to cool. Enjoy your meal and do not forget to lick your fingers!