It's a common thought among foodies that no other TV chef personality can do easy, elegant and delicious tasting recipes like Ina Garten. The Food Network star known for her 28-season-and-counting cooking show, "The Barefoot Contessa," frequently sprinkles the flavors and culinary techniques of . One simple French ingredient that you can almost always bet you'll find in a recipe of Garten's takes a basic dish from zero to hero — Dijon mustard.
Throughout the Barefoot Contessa's time on-air, I has featured Dijon mustard in over a dozen recipes ranging from her Sunday rib roast to her zesty mac n' cheese. (that Garten has clearly caught on to) is how it alone can do the job of what would usually require upwards of three different ingredients within a recipe to accomplish. The French mustard provides acidity, brightness, creaminess and it even acts as a tenderizer for proteins or an emulsifier in vinaigrettes.
Garten really hit the nail on the head by utilizing dijon in her mustard-roasted fish recipe featured on website. The mustard works so well here that it should have more appropriately been named, "Ina Garten's gift to fish." The Magic of Mustard Taking into account all of what Dijon mustard can offer and applying it to a delicate protein like fish is a total chef's kiss.
In her recipe, she uses not only one varietal of Dijon mustard, but two — a classic Dijon (smooth, creamy, slightly spicy) and a whole grain Dijon mustard (course, crunchy, tangy). She explained in rec.