[Sca-cooks] Dijon Mustard?

[Terry Decker]

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.