Beet Horseradish Recipes

HORSERADISH BEETS (CHRIN)

Steps:

• In an electric blender, grind the beets; drain (you can save the juice for soup if you'd like).
• Add horseradish to beets and mix well; refrigerate until ready to serve.

FRESH BEET HORSERADISH

Steps:

• Scrub beets; trim stems to 1/2 inch. Place beets in a medium saucepan; add water to cover by 1 inch. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium high; cook at a gentle boil until beets are tender when pierced with a small, sharp knife, 30 to 40 minutes. Remove from heat, drain, and set beets aside until cool enough to handle.
• Meanwhile, grate horseradish on small holes of a box grater. Place in a small bowl; stir in vinegar, salt, and sugar.
• Peel beets; grate on small holes of box grater. Add to horseradish mixture; stir well to combine. Keep covered to preserve flavor, and refrigerate until needed.

BEETS WITH HORSERADISH

Steps:

• In a kettle cover the beets by 2 inches with cold water, bring the water to a boil, and simmer the beets, covered, for 20 to 30 minutes, or until they are tender. Drain the beets and under cold water slip off and discard the skins and stems. Cut the beets into wedges, in a bowl combine them well with the horseradish, the sugar, the vinegar, the water, and salt and pepper to taste, and let them marinate, covered and chilled, for at least 8 hours and up to 3 days.

BEET HORSERADISH

Steps:

• Place the beet in a medium pot, cover with water and bring to a boil. Simmer until the beet is easily pierced with a fork, about 1 hour. Cool, peel, then coarsely grate into a large bowl. Peel the horseradish and grate using a fine grater or food processor. In a small bowl, stir together the horseradish, vinegar, sugar and salt, then pour this over the beets and mix well.

EASTER HORSERADISH AND BEETS

Steps:

• Trim all but about 1 1/2" of tops from the beets and wash. Boil them for about 30 minutes, or until tender. You can do this the day before and store them in the refrigerator to cool off. By leaving a little of the tops on the beets, they won't bleed as much.
• Cut the tops off, and peel the beets. If you're concerned about red hands, wear gloves.
• Grate the beets into a bowl large enough to hold both them AND the horseradish. I use a large grater, Wally uses a small one.
• Peel the chop the horseradish into small pieces.
• Place a little in a blender with a little of water to assist in the blending process. Blend at a fairly low speed until the horseradish is chopped fairly fine. Place in a bowl and continue until all of the horseradish is chopped up. If you don't have a blender, you could use a small grater. Just be sure you keep a window open and keep your face away from the bowl.
• Behind the horseradish bowl you'll see 2 different types of small graters.
• Add the horseradish to the beets, tasting as you go along until you get the strength to your liking. Add about 2 tablespoons vinegar and a little salt. Taste. keep adding a little bit of vinegar at a time tasting as you go.
• Serve the rest of the horseradish on the side in order that some people can add to their own helping of beets.
• Quick method:.
• Use a food processor's bottom blade to chop up the beets, and mix everything up. Then add the vinegar and salt as above.

HORSERADISH AND BEET TARTARE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees. Place about 1 inch water in a small roasting pan or baking dish. Rub the beets with 1 tablespoon olive oil, then add them to the pan. Break up the sprigs of thyme and sprinkle them over the beets.
• Bake the beets until tender in the center when tested with a knife, about 1 hour. Remove from water, allow to cool, then peel and cut into large chunks.
• In the bowl of a food processor, combine the horseradish and vinegar. Process until finely chopped; do not puree. Add the beets and remaining olive oil. Pulse until beets are coarsely chopped; do not puree. Transfer to a bowl and add the salt, pepper and lemon juice to taste.
• Cover and refrigerate until chilled. Adjust seasonings as needed. If desired, serve with gefilte fish.

HORSERADISH MADE WITH BEETS --FRESH--

Steps:

• Over medium flame heat vinegar, salt and sugar just to dissolve the sugar.
• Remove from heat and add cold water.
• In a food processor with metal blade add horseradish and beets.
• Add vinegar mixture to help process.
• If you need to add more vinegar so that the horseradish and beets are well chopped and blended into a fine mixture.
• Jar and store horseradish in clean glass jars with a tight fitting lids in the refrigerator.
• The more you open the jars the weaker it becomes.

HORSERADISH BEET SALAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine sugar, vinegar and horseradish. Add beets and toss to coat. Cover and chill for 6 hours or overnight. Serve on lettuce.

BEET HORSERADISH SAUCE

Steps:

• Coarsely purée all ingredients in a food processor, scraping down side of bowl as needed, 30 to 40 seconds. Let stand, covered, at room temperature at least 1 hour (for flavors to develop).

FRESH RED HORSERADISH SAUCE

Steps:

• Pulse horseradish in a food processor until finely ground. Add beet, sugar, salt, and vinegar; pulse to combine. Sauce will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 1 week.