chrain | Imamother

amother

Wed, Apr 24 2024, 6:28 pm

does it need to be cooked first before shredding?

does it need more lemon juice?

AshkenazMom

Wed, Apr 24 2024, 6:40 pm

What's your recipe? Did you peel the beet and the chrein?

amother

Wed, Apr 24 2024, 6:41 pm

AshkenazMom wrote:

What's your recipe? Did you peel the beet and the chrein?

yes of course I peeled it.

champagne

Wed, Apr 24 2024, 8:13 pm

It might just be the beets.

Are they organic?
I once purchased organic green beans unintentionally and they were extremely earthy — tasted like grass.

amother

Wed, Apr 24 2024, 8:49 pm

champagne wrote:

It might just be the beets.

Are they organic?
I once purchased organic green beans unintentionally and they were extremely earthy — tasted like grass.

no they are not organic.

amother

Ultramarine

Wed, Apr 24 2024, 11:03 pm

I definitely cook the beets, never heard of using raw.

amother

Floralwhite

Thu, Apr 25 2024, 1:29 am

I have a recipe for cooked and raw. The raw is much better.

amother

Tuberose

Thu, Apr 25 2024, 2:29 am

amother Floralwhite wrote:

I have a recipe for cooked and raw. The raw is much better.

Can you pls post?

Comptroller

Thu, Apr 25 2024, 2:53 am

amother OP wrote:

does it need to be cooked first before shredding?

does it need more lemon juice?

For the seder plate, you need to leave it as it is, just wash and grate, no cooking, no lemon juice, no nothing.

If you want it as a condiment for meals, you also grate it raw and then add vineager and salt according to your receipe.

If you want to add beet juice to color it red, that is from cooked beets, also if you mix chrain and beets, the beets need to be cooked.

amother

Floralwhite

Thu, Apr 25 2024, 2:57 am

amother Tuberose wrote:

Can you pls post?

5 raw beets grated (with the Kugel blade in food processor)
1/2 cup Lemon juice.
1 1/2 tbs salt.
3/4 c. sugar
mix then add 1 cup horseradish (grated with kugel blade)

amother

Thu, Apr 25 2024, 5:16 am

Comptroller wrote:

I am talking about chrain with beets.

not the plain horseradish used for the seder.

amother

Thu, Apr 25 2024, 5:17 am

amother Floralwhite wrote:

5 raw beets grated (with the Kugel blade in food processor)
1/2 cup Lemon juice.
1 1/2 tbs salt.
3/4 c. sugar
mix then add 1 cup horseradish (grated with kugel blade)

I put in very little sugar.

1 tbs to 2 beets.

I dont like it sweet.

maybe the sugar takes away the earthiness and I dont put in enough?

amother

DarkRed

Thu, Apr 25 2024, 6:25 am

Use cooked beets. Raw beets taste like dirt to me.

Golde

Thu, Apr 25 2024, 8:29 am

To "save" it, you can try to add some vinegar to your chrain, and then if necessary add sugar, salt and possibly pepper untill you're satisfied with the flavour. It should help a little at least.
(I always use cooked beets.)

schoolbus

Thu, Apr 25 2024, 10:06 am

chrain with raw beets are delicious it tastes like the storebought chrain. Cooked beets are delicious too and it tastes more like beet salad

amother

Hyssop

Thu, Apr 25 2024, 10:31 am

Lubavitch P cookbook has a good one:

Two small raw beets, grated
Two cups horseradish, grated
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 tsp salt
T. Water if needed

Use kugel blade, grates it very fine