Remoulade Sauce

Summer Nostalgia

Coming from a seaside town in Denmark, there is nothing that screams summer more than fresh fish. We have vivid memories of heading down to the harbor on a beautiful summer day or evening, eating fish for dinner and having a delicious ice cream for dessert while the summer sun slowly set over the horizon. This typically followed a day of playing lots of soccer, swimming in cold Scandinavian fjord water, biking in the woods, playing cards and board games, building various things out of wood with our grandfather, and watching random DVDs on a tiny TV. Ah, the memories! 🙂

Today’s Recipe

We love fish, whether it’s deep-fried, lightly pan-fried, or in the form of fishcakes (fiskefrikadeller). Pair it with fresh summery vegetables like asparagus, squeeze lemon on top, and it just encapsulates summer in a dish. If you ask us, though, one essential element is missing from that lineup: remoulade. You may be wondering, what is remoulade? Well, it’s an originally French sauce similar to tartar sauce that contains chopped up bits of pickles and seasonings. If you ask a Dane, though, you’ll find that Danish remoulade is entirely its own condiment. It is incredibly popular in Denmark, and is most frequently added to smørrebrød, Danish-style hot dogs, and fried fish. Since you can’t usually find it outside of Denmark, except for in Scandinavian shops, we developed a recipe for our own homemade version!

How to Make Remoulade

Our remoulade has chopped up carrot, apple, and pickles in it to create the taste and texture that we think is best in a Danish remoulade. We start by chopping/grating these up very fine, or even better, blending them in a food processor. Then, we squeeze the liquid out using paper towel or a cheesecloth if you have one. Combine the shredded fruit and veg with the rest of the ingredients, adding turmeric for color. You can also add curry powder if you like the flavor – we sometimes do but it can certainly overpower the rest of the ingredients, so be careful! Mix everything together well and you should be left with the perfect condiment for fried fish, hot dogs, or open-faced sandwiches.

Remoulade Sauce

5 from 5 votes

This sauce is a classic Danish condiment – tangy, creamy, and a little sweet, it is the perfect addition to fish, meat, sandwiches, or hot dogs!

Servings 1 cup

Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

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IMPORTANT NOTE:

We always bake using a digital scale and the metric system (grams and milliliters). We can’t promise that our cup measurements will be as accurate! Additionally, we bake and develop our recipes in a convection (fan) oven.

Ingredients

  

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REMOULADE

• 4 tbsp mayonnaise (homemade or storebought)
• 2 tbsp sour cream
• 1.5 tsp mustard
• 1/2 large carrot or 1 small, grated
• 1/4 apple, chopped or grated
• 1-2 pickles, chopped or grated
• 1 green onion, chopped (or a small amount of chopped red onion)
• Squeeze of lemon juice
• Turmeric (until you achieve the color you want!)
• 1 tsp sugar
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

 

REMOULADE

• Prepare your vegetables/fruit (carrot, apple, pickles, green onion) by finely chopping, grating, or running them through the food processor to break them down into fine chunks!
  
• After grating or finely chopping the carrot, apple, pickle, and onion, we recommend squeezing the juice out of the fruit + veg – it will help keep the remoulade less runny! We use a paper towel for this, but you can also use a cheese cloth!
  
• Combine mayonnaise, sour cream, mustard, the vegetable/fruit mixture, and lemon juice in a bowl.
  
• Next, add turmeric until the sauce is as yellow as you like. If you let it sit for a bit in the fridge, it will also deepen in color! Add sugar, then add salt and pepper to taste.
  
• Taste and adjust if you need to add a little more lemon, sugar, or salt to balance out the sauce.
• Spoon over top of fiskefrikadeller or use as a condiment for anything you would like – enjoy! Store in the fridge and use within 3-4 days.
  

Course: Dinner, Lunch

Cuisine: Danish

Keyword: carrot, classic, condiments, mayonnaise, onion, pickles, sour cream, summer, traditional, turmeric

Difficulty: Beginner