Any help with my Horseradish?

[LizzyM]

Does anyone know if you can store horseradish once you have dug it up? and how long can it be stored for and under what conditions? I pulled two roots two days ago and have just wrapped them up in a carrier bag and put them in my shed, still with the mud on them! I have used only half of one today to make my own horseradish sauce, which is really nice and I think will blow my head off when i have it tonight with my dinner! The other half is now peeled, can I store that in the fridge or will it dry out? Also does anyone have any good recipes? as the one I have made uses soured cream and I can still taste the sour cream a little, mind you, that might not be a bad thing after testing the tiniest amount on my tongue!

Any advice will be greatly appreciated

[Demeter]

I thought the way you preserved was to make horseradish sauce with it!
Sorry, that isn't any use, is it?
xx

[BrideXIII]

can you freeze it?
i always freeze ginger root when i buy it.

[meggalley]

Does anyone know if you can store horseradish once you have dug it up? and how long can it be stored for and under what conditions? I pulled two roots two days ago and have just wrapped them up in a carrier bag and put them in my shed, still with the mud on them! I have used only half of one today to make my own horseradish sauce, which is really nice and I think will blow my head off when i have it tonight with my dinner! The other half is now peeled, can I store that in the fridge or will it dry out? Also does anyone have any good recipes? as the one I have made uses soured cream and I can still taste the sour cream a little, mind you, that might not be a bad thing after testing the tiniest amount on my tongue!

Any advice will be greatly appreciated

We used to grate it (outside to avoid the fumes which clear your sinuses quicker than anything else I know) and then mix it with sugar and white vinegar in a jar. Like this it keep more or less forever and then you can just mix cream (not in my opinion soured cream) to taste. It does lose pungency but is still much better than anythign you can buy. The roots would probably keep in a clamp like carrots or parsnips before coming back into growth in the spring.

Meg

[di]

Lizzy,there's several recipe ideas in Season To Taste,if you click on search & enter Horseradish recipes you should get them up.

[Nicos]

This company freezes LOADS of it!

Horseradish Root Storage

[pete10]

Hi this web site is good.


Horseradish

[Snadger]

We used to grate it (outside to avoid the fumes which clear your sinuses quicker than anything else I know) and then mix it with sugar and white vinegar in a jar. Like this it keep more or less forever and then you can just mix cream (not in my opinion soured cream) to taste. It does lose pungency but is still much better than anythign you can buy. The roots would probably keep in a clamp like carrots or parsnips before coming back into growth in the spring.

Meg

Welcome to the vine Meggalley! I would echo your idea of the root clamp because it's already benn lifted but................ in future I would just lift as much as I needed to give it that fresh dug taste!

[LizzyM]

Thanks everyone for the advice, especially the website Pete10. I dont need to worry about the half used stem any more as my husband threw it away thinking it was waste!!! He's not a gardener so doesnt understand why I was so traumatised!!