Square One Hot Mustard

Name: Square One Hot Mustard
Yield: Makes 3½ cups
Ingredients: ½ cup distilled white vinegar; ½ cup water; 8 ounces dry mustard; 2 cups light olive oil such as Sasso; 2 eggs; ⅓ to ½ cup sugar; 2 tablespoons salt

Preparation info

Makes
3½ cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Back to Square One

By Joyce Goldstein

Published 1992

About

This is hot, sweet, and tart. It makes a wonderful addition to sauces and vinaigrettes and will enliven the stodgiest sandwich. It keeps for a few months: just stir before using if it has separated or settled a bit. You can make this in the food processor or with an electric mixer.

Ingredients

8 ounces dry mustard
½ cup distilled white vinegar
½ cup

Condiment
Gluten-free
Spicy
Vegetarian

Method

Procedure

Whisk the mustard with the vinegar. ¼ cup of the water, the sugar, and the salt. Add the eggs one at a time, whisking well after each addition. Then add the oil, gradually at first and then in a steady stream, as for a mayonnaise. Taste and adjust the balance of sugar, salt, and vin