Stone Nutmeg

$9.95
Article number: Grown in Tanzania
Availability: In stock

The stone nutmeg is hand-picked at peak ripeness from a single orchard in Zanzibar. Nutmeg is the inner pit of a yellow stone fruit that splits open when the valuable pit is ripe. The nutmeg comes whole and can be grated or ground into pasta sauce, cream sauces and desserts. This is truly some of the best nutmeg in the world, harvested by hand, dried in the sun and delivered directly to your kitchen.

Who Made It: Burlap & Barrel partner directly with smallholder farmers to source spices that have never been available to the US before and help improve the livelihoods of their partner farmers. Their spices come from farms from the most passionate & knowledgeable spice farmers (and foragers) in the world.

Ingredients: 100% EU-certified organic whole nutmeg (Myristica fragrans)

Process: Sun-dried

Cooking Suggestions

  • Spiced Winter Squash
  • Glazed Pumpkin Spice Cookies
  • Grate over cocktails and punches

Produced by farmers in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Sourcing: Burlap & Barrel's nutmeg comes straight from a spice cooperative on the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Tanzania. Spices were introduced to the islands in the 1800s, when they were ruled by the Omani sultanate, and many partner farms have been growing spices for generations. As with all spices, freshness matters for nutmeg.

March is nutmeg season in Zanzibar, and this current lot of nutmeg was harvested last March. Nutmeg is the meat of the pit of a stone fruit, similar to an apricot, and mace is the red, finger-like membrane that surrounds the pit. The fruit itself has a bitter, astringent flavor, but the mace and nutmeg are gorgeous, sweet and fragrant.

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