I am allergic to mustard.
SEH-nah-peh — three syllables, stress on first. Very open Italian vowels.
Use when ordering dressings, marinades, or meat dishes where mustard may appear. Mustard is less prevalent in traditional Italian cooking than in French cuisine but appears in some northern Italian dishes.
Mustard (senape) is one of the 14 EU allergens. In Italian cuisine, it appears in some northern salad dressings (mostarda), meat marinades, and occasionally in 'mostarda di Cremona', a condiment made with fruits and mustard oil.
Questo condimento ha la senape?
Does this dressing have mustard?
Checking vinaigrette or marinade ingredients.
La mostarda di Cremona ha senape?
Does Cremona mustard have mustard?
Yes — mostarda contains mustard oil, not mustard seeds, but it's still an allergen.
Senza senape nella vinaigrette.
Without mustard in the vinaigrette.
Specific exclusion for salad dressing.
Mostarda di Cremona is a famous Lombard condiment made from candied fruits preserved in a syrup with mustard oil. Despite its jam-like appearance, it contains mustard allergens and is traditionally served with bollito misto (boiled meats).