Basic Country Mustard

* Exported from MasterCook *

Basic Country Mustard

Recipe By : `Lost Arts,'' by Lynn Alley (Ten Speed Press)
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:15
Categories :
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 tbsp yellow mustard seeds -- coarsely ground
1/4 cup brown or yellow mustard powder
1/4 cup cold water
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar -- or cider vinegar
1 teaspoon salt


INSTRUCTIONS: Grind the mustard seeds to the texture you desire. (There
is no ``correct'' texture.) Mix the mustard powder and ground seeds with
the water. Let sit for 10 minutes. Add the vinegar and salt; blend well.
Refrigerate overnight before us ing. Yields about 1 cup



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NOTES : Makes 1 cup ``Lost Arts: A Cook's Guide to Making Vinegar,
Curing
Olives, Crafting Fresh Goat Cheese and Simple Mustards, Baking Bread and
Growing Herbs,'' by Lynn Alley (Ten Speed Press). San Francisco
Chronicle,
4/26/95.
Author suggestions using a cheap coffee grinder for spices and seeds.