Homemade Creamy Horseradish Sauce Recipe
Published December 15, 2021. This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy.
This delicious easy-to-make creamy horseradish sauce recipe is the perfect accompaniment to any of your favorite beef, chicken, or pork dishes. You won’t believe how much flavor is in this tasty little sauce.
Whether you’re serving this horseradish sauce with a standing ribeye roast or a steak sandwich, it’s always the perfect addition to compliment with.
Horseradish Sauce
Horseradish sauce is a well-known sauce accompaniment to prime rib at just about every steak house in the world. It’s a simple combination of raw prepared horseradish and crème Fraiche or sour cream. The goal is to help balance the flavors by adding a bit of spice and sour to the savory-umami taste of roasted meat.
Horseradish is an ancient herb that has been used in cuisine for centuries. It is a large, white, spicy root vegetable with peak seasons in the fall. Most commonly you can get already made in a creamy sauce mixture or raw and shredded and kept in the refrigerated food section of your grocery store.
How to Make Horseradish Sauce
Use these easy-to-follow instructions for making a homemade horseradish sauce:
Add all the ingredients to a medium-size bowl.
Whisk together the ingredients until combined and store them covered in the refrigerator until ready to use. Garnish with chives before serving.
Make-Ahead and Storage
Make-Ahead: You can make this up to 1 day ahead of time.
How to Store: With the chives in it you can cover and keep them in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. If there are no chives in it, you can cover and keep it in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
chef notes + tips
- You can also add diced fresh herbs to alter the flavor
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Homemade Creamy Horseradish Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup crème fraiche
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup prepared raw horseradish
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 teaspoons distilled vinegar
- salt and pepper to taste
- sliced chives for garnish
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients to a medium-size bowl except for the chives.
- Whisk together everything until combined and store covered in the refrigerator until ready to use.
- Garnish with chives before serving
I made this 2 years ago for a beef fillet on Christmas day and it was delicious. Chef, you even responded to a question I had about the consistancy of this on Christmas Eve; I was super impressed! I’m planning on making it again this Christmas. If I have a 9-pound fillet, should I double the recipe?
Amazing! you could double it, sure.
Thanks! I got all my ingredients today. Have a Merry Christmas!
I have no idea what prepared raw horseradish is as opposed to raw horseradish.
It’s finely minced, in vinegar, and always labeled as prepared horseradish
Thanks Chef!
I was wondering the same thing.
Thanks for letting us know.
Cassandra
Your Chicken Parmesan recipe is fabulous and easy. I use it all the time. Thank you for sharing. Paula
Thank you!
This is the very best horseradish sauce that I have ever tasted. So creamy and delicious! Much better than what you can buy in the store.
This was delicious. I made for my Christmas Eve dinner. Thank you.
I made this with prime rib last year. The flavor was over the top. Been thinking of it all year. Obviously it’s on the Christmas menu this year.