Mustard

Adding his two cents to everything: Today we are alluding to the fact that someone expresses their opinion on everything without being asked. In the 17th century, when this phrase came into  circulation  , real mustard was meant. Because it was so precious and coveted by our ancestors that a host who could afford it would add it to every dish without being asked – regardless of whether mustard went with the recipe or not. Today, mustard refines various dishes – whether currywurst with mustard, steak with mustard marinade or as an ingredient in salad dressing. Read here what is in mustard, how it affects health and ideas for recipes with mustard.

Mustard promotes digestion

Mustard is mainly used as a spice. However, it is not only healthy as an addition to certain foods, even when used externally, mustard was attributed a healing effect by the oldest cultures.

The main ingredients mustard oil and sinalbin in white mustard and sinigrin in brown and black mustard are responsible for the spiciness. However, this only occurs during production when liquid is added. The sharp taste  stimulates our appetite  and  promotes digestion,  which is why mustard is particularly recommended as an addition to greasy dishes such as bratwurst.

Mustard: Healthy in many ways

In addition, various other effects on health are attributed to mustard:

• Mustard has anti-inflammatory and antibiotic effects
• eating mustard regulates blood pressure
• a mustard bath for  colds  has proven to be particularly effective because of its sweat-inducing and blood circulation-promoting effect
•  Mustard flour wraps help against  bronchitis
• in the case of rheumatism or similar complaints, a mustard plaster from the pharmacy provides relief

Make your own mustard

The seeds  of white, brown or black mustard are used to produce the mustard paste that is mainly used in our country  . The darker these are, the sharper the taste. If you want to make mustard yourself, you usually use  mustard flour for the sake of simplicity  .

The actual calorie content can vary greatly depending on the variety and additions. Basically, the spicy version has fewer  calories  than the mild one. However, those who want to make mustard themselves in order to lose weight in a healthy way and to control the ingredients in their food often have the problem that white mustard seeds are more readily available in health food stores than dark ones.

Tasty and healthy: mustard recipes

If you want to try a mustard recipe, you can easily use ready-made products from the supermarket. But making mustard yourself is also worthwhile, because it is usually much more aromatic that way. The basic ingredients are:

• mustard seeds or mustard flour
• water
• Vinegar
• Salt
• Zucker

You can add any additives to these, depending on the recipe. Incidentally, the  Dijon mustard  is traditionally mixed with verjuice, i.e.  juice  from unripe  grapes , instead of vinegar. Sweet mustard,  which traditionally accompanies Bavarian white sausage, contains additional sweet ingredients, such as apple sauce,  honey , sweeteners or brown sugar, in addition to the basic ingredients.

Mustard is no longer only eaten with hot dogs or fatty meat. Mustard sauce  or  mustard-honey sauce  is well suited for refining fish dishes. If you like the sweet honey mustard, you can use the combination “honey and mustard” in many ways:  Mustard dressing  made from olive oil, white wine vinegar, honey, finely chopped  parsley , vegetable stock powder and pepper (and of course mustard, preferably medium hot) is not suitable only for any salads, but also taste great with tofu steak.

Recipe for mustard celebration

But not only mustard dressing and mustard sauce please  vegetarians , why not try the following recipe for a mustard celebration:

• half a tube of medium hot mustard
• eight eggs
• 50 Gramm Butter
• three to four tablespoons of flour
• 500 milliliters vegetable broth
• sea ​​salt and pepper
• potatoes

Cook the peeled potatoes as usual. At the same time, hard boil the eggs (about eight minutes) and rinse with cold water. Melt the butter in a saucepan, then add the flour and mustard. Then gradually add the vegetable broth. Now let the mustard sauce simmer at low temperature until the desired consistency is reached. Finally season with salt and pepper. The peeled eggs are placed in the mustard sauce and briefly boiled. Then serve the mustard with the potatoes.