Healthy Hot & Sweet Dijon Mustard, Apple & Lime Sauce

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch (a generous tablespoon)
• 1 tablespoon dijon mustard, to taste (approx 22g, preferably wholegrain mustard)
• 50 ml nonfat milk (about 3 1/3 tablespoons)
• 1 teaspoon sultanas (generous) or 1 teaspoon raisins (generous)
• 3/4 teaspoon lime juice, to taste
• 1 tablespoon red onion, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon apple, peeled & coarsely chopped (i used a peeled section of a sweet apple which was handy, 'jonagold')
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger, to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander, to taste (cilantro in usa)
• 1 dash ground aniseed, to taste
• 1 dash paprika, to taste
• 1 dash black pepper, freshly ground, to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic granules or 1/2 teaspoon fresh garlic, chopped, to taste
• 2/3 teaspoon rice vinegar, to taste
• 1 1/2 teaspoons wine vinegar, to taste
• 1 pinch hot chili powder or 1 dash tabasco sauce, to taste
• 1 pinch ground cloves, to taste (sparingly)
• 1 1/3 teaspoons lemon juice, to taste
• chopped herbs, leaves (to garnish)
• 1/2 pint boiling water, to taste (approx.)

Recipe

• 1 place corn starch and dijon mustard into good-sized microwaveable bowl and add a little of the milk.
• 2 stir to mix as much as you can. if you can get it lump free then great (i couldn't!) - if not then the lumps will resolve themselves in the cooking anyway, (well mine did!).
• 3 stir in the milk and the rest of the ingredients except the boiling water.
• 4 stir in a good half of the boiling water. stir well.
• 5 cook in microwave on full power for a few minutes (3 to 4 depending on microwave power rating) until it's been bubbling merrily for a good 45 seconds.
• 6 take it out and give a good stir then stir in more boiling water until sauce is a just a bit thicker than you would like it to be.
• 7 microwave again until bubbling merrily.
• 8 just prior to serving, stir in a little more boiling water to dilute to desired consistency and. . . .
• 9 optional:.
• 10 microwave for 30 seconds or so to bring it back to boiling hot.
• 11 serve.
• 12 optional garnish:.
• 13 drizzle a little fresh lemon juice across the top when it's on the plate and garnish with fresh ground black pepper or paprika and segments of lemon and/or chopped herb leaves such as basil, tarragon or mint etc.
• 14 i was so pleased with this i took a couple of pictures which i added to my website - in the (probably vain and arguably very mischievous) hope that i can persuade my mother that making up proper sauces really needn't take forever, have loads of butter, or even very much effort! :).
• 15 it's surprisingly creamy (which was exactly what i wanted). if you'd like it with a little more bite then stir in a little tabasco sauce and a few drops more lime juice.