Mustard
Ingredients
Directions
In a bowl, combine mustard and 2 teaspoons of salt.
Add 9 teaspoons of water and mix well.
Rub the mixture around the sides of the bowl until smooth and free of lumps.
Finally, add 6 more teaspoons of water and mix again until you achieve a nice smooth consistency.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Mustard
- Provides the main flavour; its pungency develops when the ground seed is moistened with water.
The step that matters
Rubbing the mixture smooth against the bowl. Dry mustard powder clumps when liquid first hits it. Pressing the paste against the bowl breaks up these clumps so the powder hydrates evenly, and adding water in portions keeps the texture smooth rather than lumpy.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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