In this recipe we explain exactly how you can easily make your own honey mustard dressing. Delicious with salads or, for example, with ham. An example is this mackerel salad.
Many kitchen terms come from French, an exception seems to have been made for dressing. It literally means “to make” and that is exactly what a good dressing does with your salad.
For almost every dressing, you use 1 part vinegar (or, for example, lemon juice) and 3 parts oil. Very often a so-called emulsifier is added to dressing, so that the oil and liquid bind. That can be an egg yolk, as used in mayonnaise, but mustard is also perfectly suitable as an emulsifier.
Since we find the ratio 1:3 quite acidic, adding a spoonful of honey is the way to create more balance. With that you immediately have almost all the ingredients for the famous combination of honey and mustard.
You can also use lemon juice, apple cider vinegar or natural vinegar instead of red wine vinegar.
Honey Mustard Dressing
Ingredients
- 3 large tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp coarse mustard
- ½ shallot very finely chopped
- 2 sprigs thyme
- 6 large tbsp sunflower oil
- pepper freshly grounded
- salt
Instructions
- In a bowl, stir the mustard with the honey.
- Put the thyme on top of it and add the shallot. Season with salt and freshly grounded pepper.
- Add the sunflower oil drop by drop while stirring until a homogeneous dressing has been formed.
- Season to taste with some freshly grounded pepper.
- If you find the dressing too sour, add a little bit of extra honey. If you want it even more sour, add some extra red wine vinegar.
- Pour the dressing into a jar and shake it very well before using. The dressing can be stored in the refrigerator for several days.
