FabulousFusionFood's Spice Guide for Calabash Nutmeg Home Page
Calabash nutmeg,
whole fruit and the
kernels of
Monodora
myristica.
Welcome to the summary page for FabulousFusionFood's Spice guide to Calabash Nutmeg along with all the Calabash Nutmeg containing recipes presented on this site, with 4 recipes in total.
This is a continuation of an entire series of pages that will, I hope, allow my visitors to better navigate this site. As well as displaying recipes by name, country and region of origin I am now planning a whole series of pages where recipes can be located by meal type and main ingredient. This page gives a listing of all the Cornish recipes added to this site.
These recipes, all contain as a major flavouring.
Calabash Nutmeg (also known as Jamaican nutmeg, Muscade de Calabash, Awiriwa, Airama, African Orchid Nutmeg) represents the seeds of Monodora myristica, a tropical shrub of the Annonaceae (Custard Apple) family that typically grows to some 4.5m in height. As such it is related to Sénégal pepper. Though the flowers of Monodora myristica look more like an orchid and the fruit itself is a nearly spherical drupe, of the size of an orange and which contains many aromatic seeds embedded in a yellow pulp. These seeds, once dried, are grated and used as a substitute for nutmeg, especially in West Africa the shrub's region of origin (though it is also grown in Jamaica). At one time it was sold extensively as a less expensive alternative to nutmeg (as it looks like superficially like true nutmeg and has a nutmeg-like quality to its aroma) though these days its use has declined outside it's region of production.
It has an intriguing nutmeg-like flavour though is slightly spicier in taste and makes an interesting addition to many sweet dishes, cakes and rice puddings. Traditionally it is ground and used as a seasoning but can also be grated like nutmeg. In Nigeria the shelled seed of the fruit, known as 'Ehuru' or 'Ehiri' (image, above, right) is also sold as a spice. This is more pungent than the whole fruit and tends to be used more with meat dishes, such as the recipe for goat stew Isi Ewu though it can also be grated and substituted for nutmeg in sweet dishes.
This is a continuation of an entire series of pages that will, I hope, allow my visitors to better navigate this site. As well as displaying recipes by name, country and region of origin I am now planning a whole series of pages where recipes can be located by meal type and main ingredient. This page gives a listing of all the Cornish recipes added to this site.
These recipes, all contain as a major flavouring.
Calabash Nutmeg (also known as Jamaican nutmeg, Muscade de Calabash, Awiriwa, Airama, African Orchid Nutmeg) represents the seeds of Monodora myristica, a tropical shrub of the Annonaceae (Custard Apple) family that typically grows to some 4.5m in height. As such it is related to Sénégal pepper. Though the flowers of Monodora myristica look more like an orchid and the fruit itself is a nearly spherical drupe, of the size of an orange and which contains many aromatic seeds embedded in a yellow pulp. These seeds, once dried, are grated and used as a substitute for nutmeg, especially in West Africa the shrub's region of origin (though it is also grown in Jamaica). At one time it was sold extensively as a less expensive alternative to nutmeg (as it looks like superficially like true nutmeg and has a nutmeg-like quality to its aroma) though these days its use has declined outside it's region of production.
It has an intriguing nutmeg-like flavour though is slightly spicier in taste and makes an interesting addition to many sweet dishes, cakes and rice puddings. Traditionally it is ground and used as a seasoning but can also be grated like nutmeg. In Nigeria the shelled seed of the fruit, known as 'Ehuru' or 'Ehiri' (image, above, right) is also sold as a spice. This is more pungent than the whole fruit and tends to be used more with meat dishes, such as the recipe for goat stew Isi Ewu though it can also be grated and substituted for nutmeg in sweet dishes.
The alphabetical list of all Calabash Nutmeg recipes on this site follows, (limited to 100 recipes per page). There are 4 recipes in total:
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