Making Prepared Mustard At Home
Easy and Delicious Recipes for Basic and Raspberry Mustard
Bold and flavorful, mustard can be made at home with a few basic ingredients and a little imagination to give it your own culinary flair.
Hot, sweet, tangy and pungent, mustard is condiment royalty. A quick stop at the grocery store yields dozens of mustard choices from grainy to smooth including hot-dog mustard, Dijon-style mustards, honey mustard, wasabi mustard, spicy brown and jalapeno mustard, just to name a few. Easily made at home, prepared mustards add flavor and your own culinary style to any meal.
The basic ingredients used to make prepared mustard include mustard seeds, mustard powder, and liquid (e.g. water, vinegar, juice, wine or beer). Additional flavor is added by what else you mix into your mustard. For example, water and vinegar are pretty standard in mustard recipes, but you can change the flavor by adding juice or wine in place of some of the water, using a different kind of vinegar, and by adding fresh herbs, spices, fruit or vegetables to the mix.
Here are a couple of recipes to get you started with creating your own sweet and savory mustards. Once you have a recipe you like, you can of course use it on sandwiches, but also consider adding a spoonful to brown gravy, blend a touch into your favorite potato salad recipe, mix it with egg to bread chicken or pork chops, or heat with cream and butter for a great mustard sauce. Experiment and enjoy!
Basic Mustard Recipe
For a smooth-style mustard, try 1 part dry mustard powder to 1 part water (or water mix) plus any extras you wish to add. After the mustard is prepared, toss in some diced jalapenos or cranberries, a pinch of wasabi powder or some ground cloves and a pinch of brown sugar.
- 4 tablespoons dry mustard powder
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon white wine
Whisk mustard powder, water, vinegar and wine in a small bowl and let rest for 10-15 minutes; cover and refrigerate. If you like a pungent mustard, this recipe is for you.
Sweet Raspberry Mustard
This mustard is great with ham, but what mustard isn’t?
- ½ cup yellow mustard seeds
- 2 tablespoons dry mustard powder
- ½ cup water
- ¼ cup raspberry vinegar
- ¼ cup apple juice
Mix ingredients together in a small bowl and let rest for at least two hours. This process allows the mustard seeds to soften and the flavors to combine; the mixture will also thicken during this period. After resting, pour the mustard mixture into a food processor and blend quickly to desired consistency. The mustard will be relatively strong at this point but will mellow. Cover and refrigerate.
For more information about mustard, see “Mustard Seeds, known as Rai”.
