Spice for thought: Nutmeg

Nutmeg is a very popular spice in the Caribbean, and used in a wide variety of dishes. Childhood memories include the warm delicious goodness of nutmeg flavoured porridge, chocolate tea, cakes, and fritters. Find out more about the nutmeg below.

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Nutmeg

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Nutmeg, (Myristica fragrans), tropical evergreen tree (family Myristicaceae) and the spice made of its seed. The tree is native to the Moluccas, or Spice Islands, of Indonesia and is principally cultivated there and in the West Indies. The spice nutmeg has a distinctive pungent fragrance and a warm slightly sweet taste; it is used to flavour many kinds of baked goods, confections, puddings, potatoes, meats, sausages, sauces, vegetables, and such beverages as eggnog. The fleshy arils surrounding the nutmeg seed are the source of the spice mace. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica

The fruit covering is used to make jam, or is finely sliced, cooked with sugar, and crystallised to make a fragrant candy. Nutmeg rind can also be blended to create a fresh, green, tangy tasting white colour juice, or boiled to create a much sweeter and brown juice, used to make iced nutmeg juice. In some countries it is used for pickles and chutney.

Nutmeg is often used in drinks, such as the Bushwacker, Painkiller, and the Barbados rum punch, often sprinkled on top of the drink.

Tell us below how use the nutmeg spice.