Have you been wanting to know how to make mustard? Of course you have!
If I thought creating and composing new sauerkraut flavors was fun, let me just tell you the arena of mustard is just as exciting. I love mustard on unbelievable-earth-shattering sandwiches, to dip vegetables and fries into, a dollop whisked with vinegar for an amazing low-fat salad dressing, and the list will surely continue.
Think of all the porter, stout, spicy garlic, and sweet mustards one can make! I am more than reasonably excited to make said mustards.
The best part about making homemade mustard is it doesn’t take as long as sauerkraut and while this isn’t truly a fermented condiment it is pickled and I think it will be quite easy to evolve it into one.
This recipe is for a whole-grain golden mustard. It’s mildly spicy and can be customized to your palette. The instructions are straightforward with simple already-in-your-pantry spices.
It looks like an artisanal mustard you’d buy while wine tasting in the Columbia Valley and costs a fraction of the price because you’ve whipped it up in your kitchen. All it requires is soaking whole-grain mustard seeds in white wine vinegar overnight and then blending it with a few spices in a personal blender cup (like the Nutribullet). Transfer it to the fridge for a few days to allow the flavor to build momentum.
That’s honestly the worst part. Waiting. Hopefully you still have a little mustard left to get you through the next few days. Wondering about shelf-life? Depending on how much you use and how often this batch could last up to 6 months and up to a year if you’re slow-going.
The texture is thick like Grey Poupon though you can thin it out to your desired consistency. Spread it into rustic bread slices creating a gold canvas for sandwich creativity.
How to Make Mustard in the Nutribullet
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
- 1/2 cup yellow mustard seeds
- 1/2 cup brown mustard seeds
- 1 1/2-2 teaspoons sea salt
- 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- dash of nutmeg
- water (if needed)
Instructions
- Place vinegar and mustard seeds in 4-cup pyrex dish, whisk, cover, and let sit for 1 day at room temperature. Place a towel over it to keep light out or put in a cabinet.
- The next day empty soaked mustard seeds and vinegar into a tall Nutribullet cup. Add in sea salt, turmeric, allspice, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg. Blend until smooth adding water 1-2 tablespoons at a time—if needed—until the desired consistency is reached.
- Transfer to a 16 oz mason jar, cover, and let it sit in the fridge for 2-4 days before using.
Must-Know Mustard Facts
- It’s not the most popular condiment (sniff sniff 😭)
- In the 4th & 5th centuries, Romans might have been the first to experiment mixing the ground seed with grape ‘must’, making burning must = mustard
- Grape ‘must’ is just the juice from juicing fruit, stems, and seeds—nothing musty smelling about it
- In the 13th century Dijon, France was the mustard making capital
- Netherland and Northern Belgium often use mustard to make soups
- Mustard seeds and therefore mustard are a good source of magnesium, selenium, and omega-3 fatty acid
- Mustard on hotdogs didn’t appear until 1904 in the United States at the St. Louis World’s Fair
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If you would like a MILDER MUSTARD opt for 1 cup of yellow mustard seeds instead of 1/2 brown 1/2 yellow. If you would like a SPICY mustard, go all in with brown seeds or at least 75%. If you would like more of a seedy look, play around with reserving a few tablespoons of soaked seeds and mixing them in after the blending process.
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