Horseradish Mayonnaise Dressing

Who doesn’t love an easy 4-Ingredient horseradish mayonnaise dressing? It’s creamy, tangy, and oh-so-addictive. Not mention quick and easy to make too!

Why You’ll Love Horseradish Mayonnaise Dressing

You’ll love this horseradish mayonnaise dressing for its bold and tangy flavour that adds a delightful kick to any dish. The creamy mayonnaise base provides a smooth texture, while the horseradish cream adds a spicy and aromatic element that wakes up your taste buds. 

The addition of soy sauce and fresh lemon juice further enhances the complexity of flavours, creating a dressing that’s both satisfying and versatile.

This easy horseradish mayonnaise is incredibly easy to make, requiring just a few simple ingredients and minimal preparation time. 

Whether you use it as a sandwich spread, a dipping sauce for fries, or a topping for grilled meats, this dressing is sure to impress with its bold flavour and creamy texture.

It’s the perfect condiment to have on hand for adding a burst of flavour to your favourite dishes.

Love that something so flavoursome only takes 4 ingredients and no cooking required. Yet another dressing that you can make on the fly or add to the meal prep rotation.

What Is Horseradish Cream?

Horseradish cream is a condiment made from grated horseradish root blended with cream or sour cream, vinegar, and sometimes other seasonings. It has a pungent and spicy flavour that is milder and creamier than plain horseradish. 

Horseradish cream is often used as a sauce or spread to accompany meats, sandwiches, and other dishes, adding a zesty kick to the flavour profile. We love it and paired it in our celeriac mango and guava salad.

What Does Horseradish Mayo Taste Like?

Horseradish mayonnaise offers a flavourful combination of creamy richness and a pleasant, lingering heat. 

The horseradish adds a distinct and sharp flavour that cuts through the richness of the mayo. The soy sauce adds umami depth, and the citrus helps to cut through the bold tastes.

Ingredients

These are the ingredients you need for horseradish mayonnaise dressing:

• Mayonnaise: Get the best mayonnaise, preferably whole egg, for ultimate richness and creaminess.

• Horseradish cream: Continuing the creamy trajectory, I’m using horseradish cream to give the dressing a hint of pungent flavours—just a little kick.

• Soy sauce: Please don’t use dark soy sauce for this dressing as the flavours are too strong and the consistency won’t be right. You can use light soy sauce or regular soy sauce.

• Lemon: This citrus adds much-needed acidity to balance out the creaminess of this dressing. Just squeeze some into the dressing. Mind the seeds; you don’t want any of them in the salad.

Variations and Substitutions

Lighter option: If this creamy horseradish mayo is too rich for you, you can swap out half the quantity of the mayo with Greek yoghurt or sour cream. This will also add a little tang to the overall flavour profile.

Some of our favourite Greek yoghurt based dressings include creamy garlic dressing and spiced yoghurt dressing with honey.

Not enough heat: Complementing the horseradish cream, you can add mustard, fresh horseradish or even some wasabi! That will really get the pungency heightened!

Herbs: As always, you can mix in chopped fresh herbs like parsley, chives, or dill for added freshness and flavour.

Lemon zest: Add some lemon zest for a bright, citrusy flavour. Might as well use the entire fruit.

Vinegar: If you’re not a massive citrus fan, swap the lemon juice for white wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar for a different acidity.

Gluten free options: Replace the soy sauce with tamari. 

Some interested gluten free dressings we have that are also creamy in texture include creme fraiche with chives dressing and avocado herb dressing.

Spices: To add a little twist to the recipe, experiment with spices like paprika, cayenne pepper, or garlic powder.

Instructions

Step by step instructions for how to make horseradish mayonnaise dressing:

In a bowl, add the mayonnaise, horseradish cream, soy sauce and the juice of ½ a lemon.

Whisk until all the ingredients are mixed thoroughly and take on a light and creamy consistency.

How to Store

Store any leftover horseradish mayonnaise in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week. Shake or stir before using to recombine any separated ingredients.

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