horseradish mayo: nailed it!
Have you tried the sweet potato fries at The Counter? They make a delicious version at this gourmet burger joint but what really sets their offering apart is the accompanying horseradish mayo.
Our older son, Dane, typically prefers regular fries over sweet potato ones. However, he will devour an entire plate of sweet potato fries if it is served with this special sauce. So, it was important for me to figure out how to recreate the taste at home.
In the interest of full disclosure, I had a little help (courtesy of one of the nice staff members at their Palo Alto location). The gentleman clued me in to the fact that the main ingredients are buttermilk, mayonnaise, horseradish, paprika and salt.
As far as creating an actual recipes goes though, I was on my own.
I started with one quarter cup buttermilk and one quarter cup mayonnaise. To this, I added a heaping teaspoon of creamy horseradish, a little over a quarter teaspoon of paprika and a generous shake of sea salt. Believe it or not, this was almost it as far as taste matching goes. I ended up with a bit more paprika (for color) and just a bit more salt. These amounts made enough for 4 individual servings (the bowl pictured above is 2 ounces and it was just over half full).
So if you’re craving a new topping for fries, especially sweet potato ones, I encourage you to try this simple recipe at home. Let me know how you like it in the comments below!
Horseradish Mayo:
- 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- one heaping teaspoon creamy horseradish
- 3/8 teaspoon ground paprika
- 3/8 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
Mix all ingredients and serve with piping hot sweet potato fries. Enjoy!
I bet this would be PHENOMENAL on a roast beef sandwich…
Robin, I wholeheartedly agree!!
Thank you for cutting out the guessing game for me! I was planning on trying to figure it out to serve with sweet potato fries and pulled pork sandwiches at a Super Bowl party…. TODAY.
Kylene, that sounds awesome!! Let me know how your version came out!
Just found this. Been looking everywhere. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!
We just went to The Counter & my daughter is the same way…wouldn’t eat Sweet Potato fries…until she got ahold of that sauce, then she ate all the sauce that came with the fries and asked for my sauce that I got with my burger. I was just searching online for a copycat recipe and came across yours. Thanks for making it easy for me!