Make Mustard Yourself: Here’s How

Make mustard yourself: The basic recipe

From these ingredients you get about 500 ml of mustard:

• 250 g mustard flour, 50 g sugar, 15 g salt, 100 ml white wine vinegar, and 200 ml water.
• Mix the mustard flour with sugar and salt.
• Alternatively, you can do without the sugar entirely or use a low-calorie variant, such as stevia.
• Put the vinegar and water in a saucepan and bring the mixture to a boil.
• Let everything cool down to below 30 degrees and then add the liquid to the mustard flour.
• This is important because mustard oil does not tolerate high temperatures.
• Now you need to mix all the ingredients together well.
• When using a hand blender, make sure that the mass does not get too hot.
• If you fill the mustard into sterilized jars, you can store it for up to 6 weeks afterward.

Make mustard yourself: Sweet and spicy ingredients

Mustard is versatile and can be refined with a wide variety of ingredients.

• If you like herbs, simply add tarragon, thyme, rosemary, dill, wild garlic, or basil to your mixture. Simply chop the fresh leaves and mix them in.
• Fruity mustard goes well with fish or cheese. Puree apricots, mango, or figs with a little water. Add everything to the mustard and leave the mixture in the fridge for 7 days.
• You can give your mustard a real kick of spiciness with wasabi paste or finely chopped chili.
• Curry, turmeric, or garlic are also wonderful flavors for your homemade mustard.
• You can make coarse mustard by soaking mustard seeds for about 2 hours and then adding them to the basic recipe.