horseradish sauce
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- noun
- /ˈhɔrsˌrædɪʃ sɔs/
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salsa de rábano picante
- Horseradish sauce adds a spicy kick to roast beef.
- creamy horseradish sauce
- serve with horseradish sauce
Examples
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Each person has a piece of fish on a bed of lettuce with two cherry tomatoes and a dab of magenta horseradish sauce.
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We requested horseradish sauce on the side, which the kitchen was able to make for us.
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Mini Beef Wellington with Horseradish Sauce
Blog text (2) -
Although my own dad used to grow this crop in his veggie garden and my mother would then make horseradish sauce to serve with the traditional British meal of roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, I realized that I did not know much about the root itself.
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They called it The Original 1762, a roasted beef sandwich with "sharp" cheddar and an extra-weak horseradish sauce.
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We enjoyed grilled salmon with a tangy horseradish sauce on the side.
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The chef prepared a delicious horseradish sauce to accompany the shrimp cocktail.
Synonyms
A creamy white mixture with horseradish and mustard served with meat
How Pungent
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'horseradish' names the pungent root and 'sauce' denotes a condiment, so the phrase denotes a sauce made from horseradish. This noun+noun compound follows a common culinary pattern found across languages, making it immediately predictable for a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Horseradish sauce comes from a very strong root called horseradish, a name made from horse and radish. People grate that root and mix it with cream or mustard to make a sharp white sauce, and because the root tastes so strong, 'horse' probably meant 'very strong', so the sauce is used as a hot 'condiment' to add a spicy kick to meat.