PHOTOGRAPHS ANDREW MONTGOMERY STYLING OLIVIA WARDLE
In my household, no piece of British roast beef is ever eaten without a dollop of homemade horseradish sauce on the side.
But this fiery member of the mustard family isn’t from Britain – in fact, Armoracia rusticana (its botanical name) is native to Eastern Europe and grew wild in Russia, Poland and Finland. Yet it’s been grown here since the 16th century and become part of British culinary heritage, probably as a result of its use in Jewish and eastern European dishes.