Mustard Lover Recipes

If you really want to wow the mustard lover in your life, or yourself, this Christmas, make some homemade mustard. With some simple ingredients, you can make homemade mustard in minutes, and there can be many variations, depending on what you are willing to put in it. Around here, horseradish is a staple, but there has been honey, fine herb, and the most recent invention: Extra Hot Red Pepper (be sure to have a fire extinguisher nearby). This latest is for one person on my Christmas list where there is no such thing as too hot. The first one wasn’t hot enough (not enough red pepper flakes). Little did I know who I was dealing with. Even goes on his toast.

The Base Mustard Recipe

• 1 cup dry mustard powder
• 2 tsp. sugar
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup cooking oil
• 2/3 cup cold water

Mustard Variations

• Hot red pepper: For the one I made for the hot-stuff lover, I put 1 tsp. hot pepper flakes in the jar.  You can adjust if you don’t want to be that bold.
• Honey: Put 1 Tbl. honey in the bottom of the jar.
• Horseradish: Use 1 Tbl. creamed horseradish in the jar.
• Fine herb: You can really use what herbs you like here, but just tarragon would work or. a combo of basil, thyme oregano, marjoram. About 1 tsp. of tarragon or 1/2 tsp. of each in a combo.
• Fresh herbs would be great, but dried is very acceptable. You can put in the quantities you like, but for this one, you seem to need more herbs than you would expect.