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Spicy Cocktail Sauce

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes about 2 1/4 cups

Ingredients

2 cups ketchup
1/4 cup prepared horseradish
Juice of 1 lemon
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
Pinch of ground cayenne pepper
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preparation

  1. Stir together the ketchup, horseradish, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, and cayenne in a small bowl. Season to taste with salt and black pepper and serve or refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

Reprinted with permission from Sara Foster's Southern Kitchen: Soulful, Traditional, Seasonal by Sara Foster. Copyright © 2011 by Sara Foster. Published by Random House. All Rights Reserved. Sara Foster is the owner of Foster's Market, the acclaimed gourmet take-out store/cafés in Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and the author of several cookbooks including The Foster's Market Cookbook, winner of the Best Cookbook Award from the Southeast Booksellers Association. She has appeared numerous times on Martha Stewart Living Television and NBC's Today show. She has also been featured in magazines such as More, House Beautiful, and Southern Living, and is featured regularly in Bon Appétit.
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