Spiced German Mustard

Now this is a great present that you can make, package and send to friends as extra Christmas presents. We all know how expensive mustard can get if you buy it in the shops and it is like this with a little adjustment you can get the mustard that you want. In total this makes about 8floz of 240 gram of mustard. Now if you do not like your mustard to hot do not use English mustard powder but if you like it hot experiment with different ratios  to get the mustard that you like . This makes medium hot mustard, if you do not like grain mustard just use powder. Also if you are going to make this you will need a heavy based saucepan.

You will need.

240ml/8floz cold water

169g/6oz yellow mustard seed

56g/2oz dry mustard powder

240g/8floz cider vinegar

1 small onion

2tbsp brown sugar

2 garlic cloves

1tsp. salt

½tsp. ground cinnamon

¼tsp. allspice

¼tsp. dried dill

¼tsp. dried tarragon

⅛tsp. turmeric

1tbsp runny honey

Now take your mustard powder and seed and add them to a bowl with the water and let it all soak for about 3 to 4 hours. What you want to see is the mix goes to a sort of paste in the bowl.

Once that is done then you need to chop the garlic and the onion as fine as you can. Now add the cider vinegar, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, allspice,  dill ,  tarragon and  turmeric to the onion and garlic in a pan and bring to the boil . Let this reduce by half then use a hand blender and add that to the mustard mix.

Now add everything back in to the sauce pan and cook very slowly on a low heat for about 10 to 15 minutes. Once the mustard is nice and think, not too thick as remember it will thicken as it cools, take it off the heat and in to a bowl. Add the honey and stir it in then place in the fridge to cool down. Once cool then spoon into a sterilised jar and seal it up nice and tight.

I am not sure how long it will last , I am told two years if you keep it refrigerated , It just never last that long when I have made it before.