[Sca-cooks] Dijon Mustard?
Terry Decker
t.d.decker at att.net
Sat Apr 30 19:59:30 PDT 2011
Actually, you don't need to worry about the weights. The recipe, by weight,
is 24 units sugar water, 2 units ground cinnamon, 2 units ginger, 1 unit
cloves, and 12 units ground mustard. The gram weights shown suggest that
the translator is using the Roman pound of 12 ounces and are a hair off of
the actual weights.
Bear
> Has anyone made the below recipe?
> I just tried it (with the honey not the zuccaro chiarificato).
> The clove is OVERWHELMING all other spices (including the mustard).
> The texture is pretty good (perhaps a bit thick) and the color is nice.
> Master B is this your translation?
> I have done a quick one of my own and there is not much room for
> interpretation.
> The only thing I am still wondering about is the weight measurements.
> I have Italian Weights and Measures (somewhere) I will head up and take a
> look.
> As well as what is before and after this in terms of recipes as the
> mustard seed is not soaked (below) and I am wondering if it should be.
>
> Other comments?
>
> Eduardo
>
> PS - I will put my redactions up on my blog (along with pictures) sometime
> tonight or tomorrow.
>
> On Apr 29, 2011, at 2:29 PM, CHARLES POTTER wrote:
>
>>
>> I have one from the Italian 1549 Banchetti/Libro Novo by Christoforo
>> Messisbugo. A sweet and spicy mustard, enjoy!
>>
>> Master B
>>
>> Mostarda
>>
>> Pigula a libra una di zuccaro chiarificato, di cannella pesta fina
>> oncia una, di gengeuero oncia una, di garofani
>> oncia meza, di seneva pista oncia sei, et mescola insieme, e passa per lo
>> setazzo, overo macina ogni cosa insieme
>> con macinella, e sera perfettissima, e non la volendo di zuccaro li
>> porrai del mele.
>>
>> Take a pound (345g) of clear sugar water, a ounce (28.8g) of fine
>> ground cinnamon (use true cinnamon not cassia),
>> a ounce of ginger, half-ounce of cloves, six ounces of ground mustard,
>> and mix together, and pass through a sieve, or
>> grind everything together with a hand held grindstone, and it shall be
>> perfect, and if you do not want it with sugar, you shall put honey.
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