About
Nutmeg
Nutmeg has a warm, nutty, slightly sweet flavor and is usually used in sweet,
spicy dishes such as pies, puddings, custards, cookies and spice cakes. It
can also be used in cheese dishes, soufflés, sauces, soups (tomatoes,
slit pea, chicken or black bean egg dishes and vegetables like cabbage, spinach,
broccoli, beans onions and eggplant. Internationally it flavors Italian mortadella
sausages, Scottish haggis, Middle Eastern lamb dishes and Moroccan spice blend
ras el hanout. Use it eggnog, and mulled wines.
Whole nuts are preferable to ground, because deteriorates quickly. Whole,
it will keep indefinitely and can be grated as needed. Store away from sunlight
in airtight containers. To grate, use a special nutmeg (fine) grater, or coffee
grinder. One whole nutmeg grated
equals 2 to 3 teaspoons of ground nutmeg.
