Homemade Beet Maror is delicious, and far easier to make than you might think. All you need is horseradish root, beets, and apple cider vinegar for this easy Passover recipe. I created my own Beet Maror recipe when I began making Passover Seders in our home. Although I grew up on Manischewitz Maror, I now love to make my own from scratch.
But folks, be careful! While making Maror is easy and even fun, it is important that you proceed with caution. I make Maror in the food processor, and it's important when you're done to remove the lid very carefully. Otherwise trapped horseradish root fumes may escape straight up into your nostrils. This proves to be a major decongestant, but can also be quite painful.
Here are some of my other healthy Paleo Passover recipes:
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20 responses to “Beet Maror”
Growing up in Pittsburgh Pa, next to Squirrel Hill, we had the pick of the best Jewish bakeries, delis, restaurants, and grocery stores. I am Christian by faith but never lost my appetite for good Jewish food. I had some beets cooked in the frig from my garden and wanted to make a sample of this Beet Maror. I only ever saw this in bottles, (Beet Horseradish)
I used my Ninja blender to process the beets with 2 TBSP cider vinegar. I put beets into a small bowl and stirred in 2 tsp, Reese Creme Style Horseradish. It was so easy! I don’t like the jarred gefilte fish so I think I will make some fried fish cakes to serve this with. Now I need to find a good borscht recipe for the rest of the beets.
Cate, what a great comment! Thanks for being on this healthy Jewish food journey with me :-)
Great maror! Was a hit at our Seder! Wonderful with Hillel matzoh sandwich and gefilte fish. Thank you. Will become a new family tradition for us :)
Michelle, thanks for letting me know this was a hit! Happy Passover to you and yours :-)
Thank you for the wonderful recipes!
Shoshana, you’re very welcome!
The taste of home. Thank you. :-)
Sharon, you’re welcome!
Not being Jewish myself, I greatly enjoy learning about the religious traditions surrounding food. My background is in Traditional Chinese Medicine and I found the connection to the “bitter” flavor interesting. TCM recommends eating all 5 flavors; sweet, sour, salty, pungent and bitter for health and balance. I believe that as Americans move further and further away from their various traditional ethnic diets they dislike bitter flavors and over-do sweet. Some of my favorite bitter herbs are escarole and endive, both so great in fall salads and quick braises.
Anna, having studied Ayurveda for many years, I totally agree!
Just wanted to share some great alternatives for your seder. Sefardi Jews use Romaine lettuce as their bitter herb. It makes for a nice alternative for guests who don’t want the adventure of watering eyes.
Last year, I went to a seder where they dipped their karpas as required, but instead of parsley in saltwater, as I did as a kid, or potatoes in saltwater, as I saw often in Israel, they dipped bananas and strawberries in chocolate! It’s not that we are to dip vegetables as I was led to believe as a kid, but we are to dip something that falls into the category of foods in the “ha adama” blessing (the earth), most of which are vegetables. But some fruit is, too, including bananas, vine-grown fruits like honeydew and cantaloupe, pineapples, peanuts, pumpkin seeds, strawberries.
For a paleo version, you could make a blended fruit soup and dip ‘naners into it!
Chag sameach!
Dena, that makes total sense when I think of “borei pri ha adama,” what great ideas you share!
Man, making one’s own beet maror is a true labour of love. I loathe peeling horseradish but do make beet maror from scratch. I do love horseradish in spite of its tiresome prep. A good warning about the fumes.
Thanks Lesley!
we love making our own maror- actually, that’s become one of our quirky little family traditions- neither of us are jewish or were raised jewish, but every easter/passover, we prepare lamb with fresh maror. it’s our one excuse to consume fresh potent horseradish- though now i don’t see why we don’t eat it more often….
but adding the beets just gives it a little something extra- thanks- it’s lovely. i’m going to hunt down your gluten-free matzah recipe now.
peace-
Thanks Cassi!
Chag Sameach and thank you for your wonderful recipes which I use regularly and enjoy.
I notice that your Maror is on matzah – can you make your own gluten free matzah and if not what do you use/eat instead?
Phyllis, here you go:
https://elanaspantry.com/grain-free-matzo/
Chag Samaech!
Elana
This look really good!
Thanks Hannah :-)
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