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    Home » Recipes » Sauces and Dips

    Nordic Style Easy To Make Mustard And Dill Sauce

    Published: Nov 30, 2020 · Modified: Sep 9, 2021 by Shilpi & Etienne · 8 Comments

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    This Nordic mustard and dill sauce is best known as an accompaniment to 'Gravelax' or Smoked Salmon. All you need is honey, mustard, lemon juice, white balsamic vinegar, dill and olive oil to whisk this sauce up in less than 15 minutes!

    Nordic Style Easy To Make Mustard And Dill Sauce in a white bowl and a plate in the background with the sauce spoon

    Mustard and Dill sauce is a Scandinavian classic best known to be served with cured 'Gravelax' salmon. This sauce is a great option for an endless variety of appetizers! Let us show you how easy this is to make😉

    Which Ingredients do I need?

    Most ingredients for this Nordic Mustard and Dill sauce, are a common staple in any kitchen pantry. If you don't have fresh dill on hand, you can use frozen or dry dill.

    Similar to making mayonnaise from scratch, we are using a technique called: Emulsifying. This means combining two ingredients that usually do not mix together easily.

    Usually, it is a fat or oil and a water based liquid like vinegar or water itself. Without an emulsifier, the sauce will split! Some common emulsifiers used to stabilize emulsions are egg yolks, butter, cheese, mustard or honey.

    Mustard and dill sauce ingredients in a glass bowl

    We are using Mustard and Honey in the emulsification and this will also bind all the remaining ingredients. For mustard, I have used Dijon but if you prefer wholegrain mustard, that's completely fine. Both work well!

    As for the honey, use a runny one😁

    Drizzling honey into emulsion

    To give the sauce some acidity, I added lemon juice and white balsamic vinegar. Yes that's not very Nordic🙄but it works beautifully! Alternatively, you can swap the white balsamic vinegar with apple cider vinegar or white wine vinegar.

    Lemon squeeze into the emulsion

    Olive oil, is a great oil for emulsifications and is tasty too. Other oils that can be used are, grapeseed oil or canola oil.

    How to make Nordic Mustard and Dill Sauce

    Combine the honey, mustard, lemon juice, white balsamic vinegar, dill and a pinch of salt in a bowl. Drip the oil slowly into the bowl and whisk in a circular motion.

    Drizzling olive oil into emulsion

    Best to whisk the area where the oil falls onto the honey mustard for it to emulsify. When the mixture starts to thicken up, you can increase the flow of olive oil.

    After you have used up all the oil, check the consistency of the mixture. It should be like a thick dressing, almost like mayonnaise. Incase the mixture looks too thick, add some water to it but if it looks thin, then add more olive oil to it👨🏻‍🍳

    Showing consistency of whisked emulsion in glass bowl

    Finish the sauce with a squeeze of lemon and add salt if needed.

    What can you do to fix a split sauce?

    Unfortunately, emulsions can split if you accidentally add the oil too fast! It is not unusual as it can happen to anyone! Here is a quick trick to fix your split sauce 👨🏻‍🍳

    Add a small amount of honey and mustard in a clean bowl. Next, add olive oil and whisk until the sauce emulsifies. Now you can add the split sauce slowly into this base emulsion whilst continuing whisking. That will do the job😊

    What Else Can You Use Mustard And Dill Sauce For?

    Sweet and tangy, finished with chopped dill, this well balanced sauce can be used in many different ways. Add to steamed vegetables, boiled potatoes, sliced avocado, salmon, ham or just simply use as a dressing for your salad. It works well with everything😋

    One of our favorite ways to combine mustard and dill sauce, is with seafood. Think poached prawns, like a prawn cocktail or with smoked salmon on rye bread. We made these stunning canapes with beetroot cured Gravelax on lavash crackers. You can find a great recipe for cured salmon here. We highly recommend serving these canapes on your next gettogether🙂

    Beetroot Gravelax on lavash cracker with mustard and dill sauce

    As a tip: The sauce keeps well for 2-3 weeks, so it might be handy to have a bottle of this great recipe ready to go in your fridge.

    Bowl of Mustard and Dill Sauce with cured salmon canapes

    Nordic Style Easy To Make Mustard and Dill Sauce

    Shilpi & Etienne | between2kitchens
    Sweet and tangy, finished with chopped dill, this well balanced sauce can be used in many different ways. Add it to steamed vegetables, boiled potatoes, sliced avocado, salmon or ham or just simply use as a dressing for your salad. It all works well!
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    Prep Time 15 minutes mins
    Total Time 15 minutes mins
    Course Sauces
    Cuisine Scandinavian
    Servings 200 ml finished Sauce

    Ingredients
     
     

    • 3 tablespoon honey
    • 3 tablespoon dijon mustard
    • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
    • 1 tablespoon white balsamic vinegar
    • 150 ml olive oil
    • ⅓ bunch dill
    • salt to taste

    Instructions
     

    • In a large bowl combine the honey, dijon mustard, lemon juice, white balsamic vinegar, dill and a pinch of salt.
      Mustard and Dill ingredients in glass bowl
    • Slowly drip the olive oil into the bowl and whisk in a circular motion to combine the honey mustard base with the oil.
    • Continue adding the olive oil until you see the emulsification happening.
    • Increase the stream of the remaining olive oil and whisk it all well together.
    • Adjust the seasoning with lemon and salt if needed.
    • Keep refrigerated for 2-3 weeks.
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    1. Claude VAUTE

      December 01, 2020 at 12:56 am

      Thank you very much for this recipe !

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    2. Ajit+Singh

      December 01, 2020 at 4:24 am

      5 stars
      The sauce is sublime Chef!

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    3. Renu

      December 02, 2020 at 12:44 pm

      5 stars
      Easy and quick! Thanks

      Reply
    4. Lucette

      December 11, 2020 at 2:57 pm

      5 stars
      A very nice sauce. Thank you

      Reply
    5. Dawsi

      January 17, 2023 at 3:27 am

      5 stars
      I love this!!!! Do you think I could make a bunch and water can it?

      Reply
      • Shilpi & Etienne

        January 19, 2023 at 5:11 am

        Hahahahaha! that would be amazing 😂 Tbh we feel the same way about it!! Its such an addictive dressing isn't it! Glad you loved it too!

        Reply
    6. Louise

      January 04, 2025 at 7:12 pm

      5 stars
      Great flavour, easy to make!

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      • Shilpi & Etienne

        February 01, 2025 at 9:29 am

        Thank you for leaving us a review Louise. We appreciate you giving this recipe a go.

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