{"id":4591,"date":"2018-12-14T15:41:45","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T14:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotelmagacirce.it\/?p=4591"},"modified":"2024-02-16T11:40:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T10:40:10","slug":"christmas-at-the-table-in-cremona-boiled-and-mustard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hotelmagacirce.it\/en\/christmas-at-the-table-in-cremona-boiled-and-mustard\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas at the table in Cremona: boiled and mustard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the first article dedicated to Christmas on the table according to the tradition of our city of origin, Cremona, we could not start from the dish looked upon with greater suspicion by friends who grew up in the land that welcomed us.\u00a0We speak of course of the\u00a0<strong>fruit mustard from Cremona<\/strong>\u00a0, inextricably linked to boiled (and, in particular, to the tongue).<\/p>\n<p>Although it is not a typically Christmas dish, for us who spent 80 and more years ago lived hundreds and hundreds of kilometers away from the hometown procuring mustard was not at all easy.<\/p>\n<p>It then became a\u00a0<strong>tradition<\/strong>\u00a0for our family to have some\u00a0mustard shipped to celebrate Christmas and feel a little closer to friends and relatives left in Lombardy.<\/p>\n<p>Later, with the opening of the Autostrada del Sole, instead it became a habit to go to Cremona for the bridge of the dead, to visit the family tomb and, at the same time, to stock up on mustard and other Cremonese delicacy, the nougat.\u00a0Both are strictly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sperlari.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sperlari.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But what is the\u00a0<strong>Cremona mustard<\/strong> ?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2582\" src=\"https:\/\/hotelmagacirce.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1511438506697-la_mostarda.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"231\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is a preparation based on candied mixed fruit, left whole or cut into rather large pieces. The fruits used are those of late summer and autumn, typical of the Cremona area: squash, white watermelon, figs, apples, pears but also cherries and orange peel.<\/p>\n<p>The fruit, after being candied, is immersed in a glucose syrup flavored with mustard.\u00a0And it is precisely the presence of the latter to give the contrast to give life to the &#8220;two flavors&#8221; typical of the Mostarda Cremonese: the sweet fruit and the spicy mustard.<\/p>\n<p>The origins of Mostarda are to be found in the ancient Cremonese monasteries where the monks made a special sauce to preserve fruit.\u00a0The success maintained intact over the centuries prompted the initiation of industrial production as early as 1836, on the initiative of Enea Sperlari.<\/p>\n<p>Today the production is mainly industrial, but at Christmas in small foodstuffs it is still possible to find a limited artisan production (\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.andiamoatavola.it\/natale-a-cremona-la-magia-della-buona-tavola\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">source<\/a>\u00a0).<\/p>\n<p>The classic pairings are those with boiled meat, including the\u00a0<strong>Gran Bollito Cremonese<\/strong>\u00a0, a \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-407 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/hotelmagacirce.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/Picture-2.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hotelmagacirce.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/12\/generatethumb.jpg?w=333&amp;h=222 333w, https:\/\/hotelmagacirce.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/generatethumb.jpg?w=666&amp;h=444 666w, https:\/\/hotelmagacirce.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/12\/generatethumb.jpg?w=150&amp;h=100 150w, https:\/\/hotelmagacirce.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/12\/generatethumb.jpg?w=300&amp;h=200 300w\" alt=\"generateThumb\" width=\"333\" height=\"222\" data-attachment-id=\"407\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hotelmagacirce.wordpress.com\/2018\/12\/14\/natale-a-tavola-a-cremona-il-bollito-e-la-mostarda\/generatethumb\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hotelmagacirce.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/12\/generatethumb.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"690,460\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"generateThumb\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/hotelmagacirce.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/12\/generatethumb.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hotelmagacirce.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/12\/generatethumb.jpg?w=611\" \/>very rich dish made up of at least five (!!!) fine cuts of beef, veal and chicken, to which are added head, veal tongue and pot salami.<\/p>\n<p>Those who wish to learn more about the history of this dish can consult\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.laprovinciacr.it\/news\/a-tavola\/183155\/la-mostarda.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this article from La Provincia di Cremona<\/a>\u00a0.\u00a0All that remains for us is to wish you to overcome your distrust and immerse yourself in this riot of flavors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the first article dedicated to Christmas on the table according to the tradition of our city of origin, Cremona, we could not start from the dish looked upon with greater suspicion by friends who grew up in the land that welcomed us.\u00a0We speak of course of the\u00a0fruit mustard from Cremona\u00a0, inextricably linked to boiled&hellip; 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