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Cook and bake with premium spices like this freshly ground nutmeg, brought to you straight from our nutmeg tree grove in Sri Lanka. You'll find yourself returning to this warm, spicy nutmeg again and again as you test out new recipes in your kitchen. Arriving at your doorstep conveniently ground and ready to use, this nutmeg requires no preparation before it can be used to enhance your favorite meal. Buy freshly ground nutmeg online at Slofoodgroup.

Made from the inner seed of the nutmeg tree, nutmeg is a warm, autumnal spice that lends itself to both sweet and savory dishes. The nutmeg seeds spend six to eight weeks drying in the sun where they will separate from their hard coatings. These coatings—called the mace—can be used as a spice in their own right. Nutmeg is often used in dishes during the fall months, as its warm and slightly sweet notes practically embody the season.

Nutmeg vs. Mace

While nutmeg is the inner seed of the nutmeg tree, it grows in close proximity to the mace, or outer coating. Mace can be harvested and used as a spice just as nutmeg can, but the similarities end there. Although these two elements grow very closely, they actually have many differences and cannot be used interchangeably. Red in color when ground, mace is slightly spicier than nutmeg, which has a delicate sweet flavor. Often described as a cross between cinnamon and pepper, mace is rarely used in the same dishes at nutmeg.