Lombardy Recipes
MOSTARDA DI FRUTTA

 Mostarda - Photo © daveleb

MOSTARDA DI FRUTTA

Fruit Mustard

How to make the Fruit Mustard:

This is not technically a sauce but preserved fruits. The ingredients, particularly the ground mustard seeds, used to preserve the fruits, give the pungent flavor characteristic of this specialty. The best mostrada di frutta is supposed to be from Cremona. Fruit mustard is very good with boiled and white meat.

To make mostarda di frutta wash and dice all the fruit. In a casserole, cover the fruit (first the ones which take longer to cook) with water and add one tablespoon of honey, the grated rind and the juice of a lemon. Cook the fruit for 30 min. over medium heat. Remove from fire and cool.

In a second casserole, warm the wine and the rest of the honey; reduce the syrup by one third and mix in the mustard. Remove from heat and cool.

Combine the fruit (not drained) and the syrup. Mix well the mostarda di frutta and refrigerate.

Note:
The mostarda di frutta may also be preserved, though for this a pasteurization is necessary.

Recipe courtesy of The Italian Trade Commission.

Italian recipes summary

BREAD, PIZZA and FOCACCIA
SAUCES and DRESSINGS
Appetizers: VEGETABLES
Appetizers: UOVA and FRITTATA
Appetizers: MEAT and CHEESE
Appetizers: FISH
First Courses: SOUPS
First Courses: DRIED PASTA
First Courses: FRESH PASTA
First Courses: STUFFED FRESH PASTA
First Courses: RICE, POLENTA and GNOCCHI
Main Courses: BEEF and VEAL
Main Courses: PORK, LAMB and GOAT
Main Courses: POULTRY and GAME
Main Courses: FISH
Main Courses: SNAILS, FROGS, INNARDS and more
SALADS and SIDE ORDERS
DESSERTS
ICE CREAM