Best Lemon Horseradish Sauce Recipes

LEMON-HORSERADISH SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine sour cream, lemon zest and juice, and horseradish in a small bowl; season with salt. Serve with gefilte fish.

POACHED SHRIMP WITH LEMON-HORSERADISH DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• For shrimp:
• Fill medium bowl with ice water; set aside. Combine 2 cups water, wine, and next 4 ingredients in medium saucepan. Bring to boil. Add shrimp; reduce heat to low, cover, and poach just until shells are pink and shrimp are opaque in center, 3 to 4 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer shrimp to bowl with ice water; reserve poaching liquid and lemon half. Drain and peel shrimp, leaving tails intact. Devein shrimp.
• For dipping sauce:
• Squeeze juice from reserved lemon half into poaching liquid in pan. Boil liquid until reduced to generous 2 tablespoons, about 20 minutes. Strain; cool.
• Mix crème fraîche, chopped chives, horseradish, lemon peel, and 1 tablespoon reduced poaching liquid in small bowl. Season sauce with coarse salt and black pepper. DO AHEAD: Shrimp and sauce can be made 1 day ahead. Cover separately; chill.
• Spoon dipping sauce into short glasses. Arrange shrimp on rims. Garnish with whole fresh chives.

CEDAR-PLANKED SALMON WITH LEMON-PEPPER RUB AND HORSERADISH-CHIVE SAUCE

Steps:

• Soak the cedar planks in water to cover for at least 1 hour. Drain the planks. Prepare the sauce In a small bowl, stir the crème fraîche, chives, and horseradish. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Refrigerate. Prepare the salmon In a small bowl, combine the lemon zest, thyme, sugar, 1 1/2 tsp. salt, and 1 Tbs. pepper. Rub the mixture together with your fingers until the zest is distributed throughout. Rub the salmon fillets on both sides with the olive oil and then set each fillet skin side down on a plank. Sprinkle the fillets with the lemon-pepper mixture, dividing it evenly. Gently rub the seasoning into the fillets. Let stand at room temperature while the grill heats. Cook the salmon Prepare a gas or charcoal grill fire for indirect cooking with high heat: On a gas grill, heat all burners on high; then turn off all but one burner just before cooking the salmon; on a charcoal grill, bank the coals to two opposite sides of the grill. Arrange the planks over the cooler part of the grill, positioning them so that the thickest part of the fish is closest to the heat source. Cover the grill and cook until the thickest part of each fillet registers about 135°F on an instant-read thermometer, 20 to 35 minutes depending on the thickness of the fillets. The planks may smoke a bit (this is fine) and will become very aromatic. Let the fillets rest on the planks for 5 to 10 minutes before serving. Cut the salmon fillets crosswise into serving portions and transfer to individual plates. Serve with the sauce.

SMOKED WHITEFISH GEFILTE FISH WITH LEMON-HORSERADISH SAUCE

Steps:

• For gefilte fish:
• Cook carrots in pan of boiling salted water until very tender, about 8 minutes. Drain, reserving 1/2 cup cooking water in small bowl. Stir matzo meal into water; let stand 10 minutes. Place carrots in processor. Heat olive oil in heavy medium skillet over medium-low heat. Add onion and sauté until soft, about 5 minutes. Add green onions and stir 1 minute. Add onion mixture to carrots in processor. Add matzo meal mixture; blend until mixture is pureed and smooth. Using electric mixer, beat 3 eggs and lemon juice in large bowl until foamy and slightly thickened, about 4 minutes. Stir in mixture from processor; do not clean processor bowl.
• Blend fish fillets, smoked fish, salt, and pepper in same processor bowl until fish is finely chopped. Add remaining egg and blend to coarse paste. Add fish mixture to matzo meal mixture and mix thoroughly. Cover and refrigerate until very cold, about 2 hours.
• Line large baking sheet with waxed paper. Using wet hands, shape 1/4 cup fish mixture for each dumpling into egg-shaped oval. Place on prepared sheet. Cover with waxed paper and chill while preparing cabbage and steamer.
• Set vegetable steamer rack in large pot. Fill pot with enough water to meet, but not cover, bottom of rack. Line rack with cabbage leaves. Arrange 8 fish dumplings on leaves; cover with additional cabbage. Bring water to boil. Cover pot and steam dumplings until cooked through and firm to touch, about 25 minutes. Transfer upper cabbage leaves to platter. Top with cooked dumplings. Cover with bottom cabbage leaves. Steam remaining dumplings in additional cabbage leaves in 2 more batches. Cover and refrigerate gefilte fish until cold, at least 6 hours. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Keep refrigerated.)
• For sauce:
• Push garlic through garlic press into small bowl or mince garlic and place in small bowl. Mix in horseradish and lemon juice. Gradually whisk in mayonnaise. Season sauce with salt and pepper. Cover; chill up to 1 day.
• Line plates with lettuce leaves. Arrange 1 or 2 fish dumplings on each. Spoon lemon-horseradish sauce alongside.

GRILLED LEMON-ROSEMARY SALMON WITH CREAMY HORSERADISH-SCALLION SAUCE & GRILLED PEACHES

Steps:

• For the Salmon: In a small bowl, combine the rosemary, dill, garlic, zest, sugar, salt, pepper, and just enough olive oil to bring the mixture all together. Place the salmon, skin-side down, on an oiled piece of foil. Sprinkle lemon juice onto the foil. Rub the rosemary mixture into the fillets. Allow the fish to marinate, at room temperature, for 30 minutes while the grill heats and the sauce is made. For the sauce: Combine sour cream, horseradish, scallion, lemon juice, sugar, salt and pepper, and set aside. Cook the salmon: Place the foil-wrapped woodchips in the BBQ. Place the foil with salmon on a pre-heated, medium heat, gas or charcoal grill. Place the rosemary and thyme sprigs around the salmon. Close the lid and grill until cooked through, 10-15 minutes, depending on the thickness of the fillets. Remove the salmon, and while the fish is resting for 5 minutes, grill the peaches until charred on each side. Plate the salmon and serve with the creamy sauce and peeled, sliced grilled peaches.

LEMON HORSERADISH SAUCE

Steps:

• crush garlic, combine with other ingredients.