CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
Fruits |
Eastern European |
Fruit, Relish |
4 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
1 |
cn |
Dark sweet cherries; 16 1/2 ounce can |
1 |
tb |
Cornstarch |
1/2 |
c |
Dried tart cherries |
3 |
tb |
Prepared fresh horseradish *** below; OR |
2 |
tb |
Fresh horseradish; finely grated PLUS |
1/8 |
ts |
Salt |
1/2 |
lb |
Piece fresh horseradish root; peeled |
1/2 |
c |
Distilled white vinegar; OR |
1/2 |
c |
White wine vinegar |
1/2 |
ts |
Salt |
INSTRUCTIONS
PREPARED FRESH HORSERADISH
RELISH: Drain canned cherries, reserving 3/4 cup of syrup. Set drained
cherries aside. In 1-quart saucepan, combine reserved syrup and cornstarch
until cornstarch dissolves. Add dried cherries and heat to boiling over
medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil mixture 1 minute longer and remove
from heat. In food processor fittted with chopping blade, pulse dried
cherry mixture with drained canned cherries just until coarsely chopped.
Add horseradish: pulse just until well mixed. Transfer cherry relish to jar
or storage containers; cover and refrigerate. Keeps up to 1 week. Just
before serving, spoon into serving glass.
***PREPARED FRESH HORSERADISH: Into large bowl, using a sharp metal grater,
finely grate horseradish. Or slice horseradish crosswise then cut slices
into quarters and process in food processor fitted with chopping blade
until finely chopped and paste-like in consistency. Add vinegar and salt to
grated horseradish; mix well. Transfer to clean jar; cover and store in the
refrigerator. Although it keeps up to 3 months, it loses its pungency with
storage.
NOTES : Fresh horseradish pairs with sweet and tart cherries in this tast=
y accompaniment for ham, rost duck or chicken. ***To make BEAT HORSERADISH,
a favorite Eastern European condiment that i= s less pungent, prepare
recipe as above in food processor but use as abov= e in food processor but
use red-wine viengar and add 1 cup chopped or sli= ced cooked beets and
process until well mixed.
Recipe by: Country Living (February 1998) page 119
Posted to recipelu-digest by Nesb2@aol.com on Feb 8, 1998
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