Dijon mustard

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Classic Dijon mustard

Dijon mustard is a spicy table mustard named after the city of Dijon . It is not a protected designation of origin , but a recipe.

Composition and use

Today Dijon mustard consists exclusively of the seeds of brown mustard or black mustard , which are not de-oiled , which makes mustard particularly suitable for cooking. Instead of vinegar, the original Dijon mustard is made with verjus (juice made from unripe grapes). The classic light Dijon mustard is made from peeled grains and is spicy. In French cuisine, it is mainly used for sauces and dressings . There it is the counterpart of the darker and milder Bordeaux mustard. Only Dijon mustard is used for mayonnaise . There are now many, coarse-grained versions of Dijon mustard. It is often combined with tarragon .

history

The special quality of Dijon mustard, which is said to date back to the 13th century, was once attributed to the region's Burgundy wine . According to Symphorien Champier (1471–1539), Dijon mustard was once traded in the form of lozenges and soaked in fresh wine vinegar before use.

A legal dispute between mustard manufacturers from Paris (see Maison Bornibus ) and Dijon in 1937 resulted in the judicial decision that the name Moutarde de Dijon is not a protected designation of origin.

In Dijon itself, the merged brands Maille and Amora were known for their Dijon mustard. Because local production has not been able to hold its own against international competition in the long term, the city of Dijon has stopped producing mustard since 2009. At the end of 2009, the Unilever group closed the city's last historic mustard factory. Most of the mustard seeds for the products known as Dijon mustard come from Canada.

See also

Web links

Commons : Dijon Mustard  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pierre Jean Baptiste Legrand d'Aussy : Histoire de la vie privée des François, Simonaire, Paris 1815, vol. 2, p. 170.
  2. ↑ Break with old tradition: Dijon mustard becomes homeless at sueddeutsche.de, accessed on June 15, 2011
  3. ↑ La moutarde de Dijon vient du Canada. In: www.journaldunet.com. Retrieved April 26, 2016 .