Rare Roast Beef Sandwich with Fresh Tarragon-Horseradish Butter

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
• 2 tbls. chopped fresh tarragon
• 3 tbls. grated fresh horseradish (horseradish must be peeled first, then grated)
• Salt
• 4 servings sliced rare roast beef (3 to 4 ozs. each)
• 8 slices pumpernickel bread
• 6 radishes, thinly sliced

Directions

1. Mix butter with fresh tarragon and horseradish. Season to taste with salt.

2. Spread butter onto 4 slices of pumpernickel bread. Arrange roast beef over 4 unbuttered, bottom slices of bread. Sprinkle with salt. Spread a thin layer of the sliced radishes on top of the beef. Place a buttered slice of bread on top of the radish slices.

3. Cut crusts off sandwiches and cut in half lengthwise.

Makes 8 servings.