Horse-radish is used in Russia long ago. Our ancestors applied it not only to improvement of gustatory qualities of various dishes, but also to health. That this plant brought benefit all the year round, I suggest them to stock up. Before you several ways of preservation of horse-radish for the winter.
Instruction
1. First of all there is a wish to tell that horse-radish, as well as many other vegetables, it is possible to keep, having used a cellar. For this purpose, having dug out roots of this plant, carefully shake off them the soil, then create from them peculiar bunches then suspend. Also horse-radish can be laid out in wooden boxes and to store, having filled up from above with sand.
2. Agree that the cellar exists not at everyone. On such case you can keep horse-radish for the winter by means of the refrigerator. For this purpose at roots of this plant accurately cut off all small additional roots, then wash, properly, a baking plate with cold flowing water. Dry up clean roots. On it you will need 2-3 days. After this procedure place horse-radish in the whole plastic bags and tie so that air didn't get to them, that is it is absolutely tight.
3. Horse-radish can be stored also in the crushed look, for example, in powder. For this purpose carefully wash out its roots, then let's them dry completely, having laid out on plywood. Pound the dried roots of a plant to a powdery state. This way is convenient that horse-radish practically always near at hand and it without special work can be added to any dish.
4. Well, and last way. Having washed out horse-radish from dust and dirt, peel it from a skin then place in the freezer. Get as required. Preservation of horse-radish thus is convenient that if you want to use it, then it is very easy to grate it as it frozen, besides, you don't utter any teardrop.