Horseradish Sauce for Herring

Horseradish Sauce for Herring – recipe with photo, Swedish cuisine
Rating: 4.5 Votes: 2
Cooking Time:
20 min.
Recipe Yield:
300 g
Difficulty:
Medium recipe

Horseradish Sauce for Herring – A Swedish recipe, this thick, spicy horseradish sauce enhances the flavor of smoked and cured fish. In Sweden, it is traditionally topped with pickled herring, where the creamy flavor of the sauce offsets the vinegary taste of the fish. The combination of sweet and sour fish and hot sauce is the basis of Midsummer celebrations - the summer solstice.

Recipe Ingredients

Sour Cream 1 cup
Yogurt 0,5 cup
Horseradish 100 g
Sugar 1/4 tsp
Garlic 1 clove
Dill 1 twig

Cooking Recipe

The recipe for horseradish sauce for herring is very simple. Peel and grate the horseradish. Finely chop the garlic.

In a bowl, mix sour cream, yogurt, grated horseradish and garlic. Add sugar, apple cider vinegar, pepper, salt and mix again. Garnish with sauce with finely chopped dill or thinly sliced red onion.