Condiment Recipes
The condiment recipes we provide allow you to make your own flavorings. Not only will you know what is in your food, you will
be able to save money and taste some of the more unusual and
exceptionally delicious types from all over the world. They are so essential for good cooking. They add special and locally unique touches and even give their names to dishes which would otherwise be nameless and bland...
Homemade Apricot Basil Mustard
The term condiment comes from the Latin word for spice, seasoning and sauce, as well as the Latin verb to pickle or season. In English the word once used to refer to pickled and preserved food, but with time the meaning has changed.
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The definition of a condiment, as something added to food to add flavor, is so broad. This could include mustard, salt or pickles, but also pure spices, dried fruit, sugary things and so forth. Further description as a ‘supplemental’ food, added to impart or enhance the flavor of other foods, to complement a dish at least separates the condiments from the substance of the main dish. Of necessity it comes in smaller more intensely flavored packages. There are many versions of this idea from all around the world.
Indeed in the examples given on Wikipedia one can get a sense of what we classify as a condiment, and they are very broad and diverse. I’ve tried to group them roughly, to give and idea of the general processes used to make condiments worldwide, but many condiments belong to multiple categories. Remember cooking, drying, using
acids, sugars or salt are all ways of stopping the growth of the toxic spoiling bacteria, Clostridium botulinum. No wonder there is a patterning of the condiment making methods globally. It also shows that many are in fact ‘preserved’ foods’ in the original Latin sense of the word:
Well here we go, but take care. These condiment recipes will make your mouth water and you'll soon be hungry !
The condiment recipes that preserve food
cooked and jammy condiments
chutney, mostarda (Italian candied fruit with mustard syrup)
vinegar based condiments
fruit vinegars, sambals, yogurt mint sauce, pickles, piccalilli pickled walnuts,
lactofermented condiments
sauerkraut, achars, kimchi, fermented cumber pickles
salty
teriyaki sauce, barbecue sauce, soy sauce, marmite, "Tonkatsu Sauce"
sweet
preserved fruit, nutella, honey, maple syrup, redcurrant sauce and then there are those which pack a peppery punch
Homemade mayonaise just tastes betterCondiments with bite
spicy powders
masalas, popocorn seasoning
hot sauces
- pepper paste,
- shito (Ghanaian hot pepper sauce), horse radish,
- Indian green masala paste,
- Indian red masala paste,
- Ata Dindin (Nigerian pepper sauce,
- Sriracha style hot fermented Chili sauce,
- Berbere - fried Ethiopian pepper sauce,
- Hot Currywurst Sauce,
- My Best Barbecue Sauce
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Seductively rich condiments
condiments using fats
Niter kibe (Ethiopian clarified spiced butter), compound butter, cream cheese, paneer (Indian homemade fresh cheese)
oils
chili oils, olive and sesame oil
oil based emulsions
mayonnaise, remoulade, salad creams, aioli, vinaigrette, tartar sauce
highly flavoured pastes
ketchup, peanut sauces, anchovy paste, bean sauces
Condiments with fresh ingredients
Pickled Mustard Cucumbers - Sweet and Sour
finely textured
dips, clam dips, guacamole
coarsely mashed fresh ingredients
salsas, relishes, pesto
French Salad Dressing
Ghanaian Hot pepper sauce with dried shrimps and dried fish
Ready made or brand condiments
Many condiments are available off the shelf in bottles or packets, under brand names, with particular recipes. Describing these is not the task of this page. They also often contain additives such as preservatives which exclude them from our understanding of healthy food. What we deal with here is the do it yourself condiment recipes, and thus quite often the rather traditional old regional condiments which were handmade.
GOOGLE ADBLOCK RIOther condiments are available with fast food in small sachets for single servings. These are extremely wasteful of plastic and paper and thus not strictly environmentally friendly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_condiments
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