Sweet Potato Mustard

Submitted by: Susan Hodge

Attributed to: Jack's Cosmic Dogs

Category: Condiment

Description: Sweet Potato Mustard is a must make condiment for any sweet potato lover. It’s famous at Jack’s Cosmic Dogs in Mount Pleasant, SC where their Cosmic Dogs comes with sweet potato mustard and blue cheese coleslaw. Don't stop with just adding sweet potato mustard to hot dogs. Try it on a turkey or ham sandwich for a little something out of the ordinary.

Prep time: 15 min

Cooking time: 1 1/2 hours

Servings: 66 2 teaspoon servings

Difficulty rating: 2

Ingredients:

 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar

1/3 cup yellow mustard seeds

1 bay leaf

1 cinnamon stick

1 cup water

1 tablespoon sorghum syrup or light molasses

1 tablespoon bourbon

2/3 cup sweet potato puree

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

2 tablespoons ground mustard

1/2 teaspoon sweet paprika

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

Allspice, pinch

Cayenne pepper, pinch

Special tools/utensils needed:

blender

Directions: 

1. In a small saucepan, bring the vinegar to a boil. Remove from heat and add the mustard seeds, bay leaf and cinnamon stick. Make sure the bay leaf and cinnamon stick are submerged in the vinegar. Place the lid on the saucepan and let sit for 1 hour.

2. Discard the bay leaf and cinnamon stick. Use a spoon to scrape all of the mustard seeds along with the vinegar into a blender. Add the water, sorghum, and bourbon. Blend until smooth. 

3. Add sweet potato puree and blend until smooth.

4. Pour the mixture back into the saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and boil gently, stirring frequently, for about 5 minutes. 

5. Whisk in the brown sugar, ground mustard, paprika, salt, allspice and cayenne pepper. 

6. Continue to simmer until mixture is thick, about 10 minutes.

7. Store in the refrigerator.