Sweet Mustard Sauce
Sweet Mustard Sauce. A quick and easy salad dressing type sauce that can be used to drizzle over your favourite potato salad or as a dip for veggies.
Originally published Jan. 2019.
I am posting this Sweet Mustard Sauce by request, to usher in the New Year! WELCOME 2019! It is a very simple recipe that I almost didn't post until prompted by several followers recently.
It came up again in conversation just a couple of days ago when I had family in for our annual post Christmas "Cold Plate Day". My Uncle Bill was there and I mentioned that, as a child, I remembered him making it.
(For over 20 potato and pasta salad suggestions, find them all and read all about a traditional Newfoundland Cold Plate here.)
People around the table shared where they had first seen this recipe for sweet mustard sauce. My sister Barb remembers our grandmother Belinda Morgan making it. My mom and her twin sister Muriel, said it was most likely from a recipe from her cousin Aunt Martha Ledrew in Cupids.
My own recollection.
I recalled having sweet mustard sauce at visits to friends in central Newfoundland in the Grand Falls area. Spouse recalled her grandmother, Jane Way making it in Newtown, Bonavista Bay many years ago.
Spouse remarked that her Nan Way's sweet mustard sauce was very thin and more pourable compared to the thicker consistency that I make it. She also remarked that they used in on other potato salads than the mustard salad I most often remember it on.
Several times in years past, and even more recently, I have been asked for this recipe and thought it not worth bothering with as a recipe post. I generally replied to inquires, that it is basically, salad dressing, milk, sugar and mustard combined in whatever amounts you like best.
After our dinner this week though, I realized that this sweet mustard sauce is more common than I think. It has to have quite a history of being made routinely for Sunday cold plate suppers over the years.
It is still only made with salad dressing, milk, sugar and mustard, but this recipe will give you a starting point to tailor your own version of sweet mustard sauce.
Start with the base amount of salad dressing (Miracle Whip) and add more or less sugar for sweetness. Add more or less mustard to control the intensity of flavour, or add more milk to make it a more pourable consistency.
Whether you are trying this for the first time in years, or are newly discovering this simple recipe, it makes a tasty salad dressing for a green salad or a dip for veggies at parties too. In no time at all, you'll be making this sweet mustard sauce just the way you like it.
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Sweet Mustard Sauce
Sweet Mustard Sauce. A quick and easy salad dressing type sauce that can be used to drizzle over your favourite potato salad or as a dip for veggies.
Ingredients
- ½ cup salad dressing, i.e. Miracle Whip/Salad Cream
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
Instructions
- Simply whisk all ingredients together until smooth and the sugar has dissolved.
Notes
This is only a basic recipe that you can adjust to suit your taste. Start with the ½ cup of salad dressing and you can increase or decrease any of the other ingredients to your liking.
The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.
Nutrition Information
Yield
12Serving Size
1 serving (1.5 tbsp)Amount Per Serving Calories 35Total Fat 2gUnsaturated Fat 0gSodium 127mgCarbohydrates 3gSugar 3g
I make this all the time, put it on my cold plates, my mother always made it too. I love it , it makes me think of my mom every time I use it..and everyone loves it on their salad and meat at my house.
Happy New Year Barry , my husband of 53 years first introduced me to mustard salad and mustard dressing ,.He came fromFlat Islands,Placentia Bay. There was no Miracle Whip available to them when he was growing up,so they had to make up the next best thing. Her mustard dressing was sweet and delicious made from vinegar,sugar,mustard mixed together then add tin milk until it was a good consistentcy. Then it was used to make the mustard salad, it was also delicious on the cold meat. We still make it sometimes but add a small amount of miracle whip to the salad.
I was so excited to read this.i grew up in Wesleyville and this was on our table every Sunday to compliment our cold plate. I haven’t used it for years...what a sweet memory, ty😍
A Happy New Year to you & yours Barry🎉
Whenever I cook a ham (your recipe btw), I make this mustard sauce as well. It’s a different variation than yours, but is it ever tasty! Hope you give it a try the once.
1 c brown sugar
1 c pineapple juice
Mustard “to taste”
Cornstarch & water
Bring to boil in saucepan stirring constantly. Add cornstarch & water to thicken. Doubles easily.
The thing about this recipe is you can adjust ingredients to suit own tastes. Enjoy!
The one we usually make consists of a tin of condensed milk, half a tin of brown spirit vinegar (use the condensed milk tin to measure it) and mustard powder to taste. Very sweet, but delicious. I should probably add that this makes a thicker sauce that isn't really great for pouring, but it goes well with meat or on sandwiches.
That sounds way too sweet for my taste, I'm afraid.
Could you use mayonnaise instead of Miracle Whip Salad dressing?
I assume your re ipe calls for prepared mustard.
I have ground mustard powder on hand ; would love to make a mustard with it, even a mustard sauce type as you have in this article. Do you have recipe/advice?
HI Barry, thanks for the great sauce recipe! The timing was perfect... I used it for Chicken Cordon Bleu!! I just left out the milk. It was fantastic, I'll be making it again for sure.
Happy New year. I loved this dressing on mustard salad as a child. My Nan made this often. I am glad that these old recipes are still alive and requested often. I noticed you mentiined Aunt Martha Ledrew from Cupids. Also my maiden name and my family came from Change Islands. Could we be related? Lol I love your recipes and several have become family favorites. Thank you so much for keeping many of the traditional recipes alive as well as new twists on old favorites.
Hi Barry
My recipe is the same as yours, except I add just a touch oh vinegar. This is my hubby’s favourite with ham.
I have always done the same recipe as Joan Miller, with the vinegar and evaporated milk. Never fails.
I am from Grand Manan Island, NB and my Grand Mother made sweet mustard. She grew up in Digby County, NS. Her version was the same without Salad dressing and she used condensed milk. I must try your version. I usually eat mine with Ham or fried breakfast sausages. Love this site!! Lots of Newfoundlanders here so I have heard of the cold plate and a nice couple gave my Mom one while she was working one summer.
Hello Barry
I made the musstard salad and sauce last weekend and it was just as I remembered Nan making. I tasted the sauce after I made it and said "Oh Ya, thats what I'm talkin about" lol Thank you for the recipe that I requested earlier.
I have been following your recipe column all year and because of the delicious recipes and common sense approach to food that , I just ordered all three of your recipe books.
Thank you for sharing your passion in food with us!
I’m originally from Honduras and my mother used to make a mustard sauce for Lobster Salad, but no sugar or milk added, absolutely simple but delicious. Her grandsons use it here in Nova Scotia,Canada.