Fruit and Mustard Sauce

Mostarda Dolce

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    2 quarts

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Foods of the Greek Islands

By Aglaia Kremezi

Published 2000

  • About

AN AROMATIC and fruity relish, sweet and pungent at the same time, mostarda dolce is traditionally served in Corfu with the Christmas turkey. It also goes well with ham, chicken, lamb, veal and beef. Or serve it alongside cheeses like myzithra, ricotta, manouri and Gruyère.

The original recipe probably derives from the time when the Venetians ruled the islands of the Ionian Sea, although some Corfiots have told me that the sauce is related to chutney, a reminder of the Englis