Homemade mustard

By EdieK

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup yellow mustard seeds
• 1/4 cup white mustard seeds (if unavailable use yellow)
• 1 cup dry mustard
• 1 1/2 cups to 1 3/4 cups water
• 3/4 cup cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons turmeric
• 1/2 cup chopped tarragon, parsley, dill or thyme (optional)

Preparation

Step 1

1. Soak the mustard seeds a day ahead in medium-size bowl, dry mustard and 1 1/2 cups of water.
2. The second day, grind the mustard seed in your blender or processor as fine as possible. Add 1/4 cup of vinegar, the sugar, salt and turmeric.
3. In a slow cooker, cook the mustard mixture, covered on low setting 4 hours, stirring occasionally. Never boil or the mustard will be bitter.
4. In a small bowl, add the herbs into the mustard mixture. Fill screw top jars with the herb mustard mixture, cover and store in the refrigerator.