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Preparation info
  • Makes about

    1

    pint
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
French at Heart: Recipes That Bring France Home

By Marjorie Taylor and Kendall Smith Franchini

Published 2025

  • About

Mustard seeds are a French staple. We buy our seeds (as well as the majority of our spices) for our shop from Terre Exotique, based in the Loire Valley (see Resources). Started by a Frenchman with a passion for exotic spices, he travels all over the world to source the best ingredients he can find from sustainable, fair trade growers.

Pickled mustard seeds have the sharp mustard flavor you know, plus a popping texture, like caviar. We usually rely on w