One whole nutmeg ground can be grated into 2-3 teaspoons of grated nutmeg. The grated nutmeg must be stored nicely in airtight container and must put away from sunlight.
Grated nutmeg can be used in spicy and sweet dishes such as potato dishes, egg and vegetables dishes, meat preparations,soups, ice cream, custards and cheese sauces. It also used in baked cakes and cookies and both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks like coffee, cappuccino and coca-cola.
I had found some good nutmeg grater and nutmeg shake from Amazon Store with a reasonable price.
Any good suggestion to overcome the hot days during this summer season?
Here I got some ideas / recipes from my friends, research from other blogs so that nutmeg syrup can enchanting the taste:-
Beverage 1:
Ingredient:
1 scoop vanilla ice cream
2 oz Penang Nutmeg Syrup 2 oz cola
6 oz club soda Mix nutmeg syrup and cola. Pour over ice cream. Fill glass with club soda. Stir and serve topped with whipped cream.
Beverage 2:
Ingredient:
• 2 oz Penang Nutmeg Syrup • 6 oz club soda
• 1 lemon slice
• fresh nutmeg, grated Mix nutmeg syrup and club soda. Add cracked ice. Top with grated nutmeg. Serve with a slice of lemon.
My friend just went to Penang, Malaysia last weekend. She bought me two bottles of nutmeg syrup as a souvenir. One is red nutmeg and another one is white nutmeg. Wow, this is first time I saw nutmeg in syrup. Usually I saw nutmeg essential oil which can be used for rheumaticpain, toothaches, and bad breath.
Maybe some of your will ask, what is nutmeg?
Nutmegs are type of tropical fruit commonly planted in North-west of Penang Island, near Teluk Pahang and Balik Pulau. Due to climate and topographical advantages nutmegs are wide spread over. The Plants are average in 15 feet high. The fruits are bitter in raw, with our special process formula, and high grade licorice added, made the nutmegs become a delicious appetizers.It is egg or oval shaped and dark brown colour outside. The nutmeg is important for two source of spices, nutmeg and mace. Nutmeg is the actual fruit, it has warm spicy sweet flavor and edible, mace is from the dry reddish net like covering of the see
This is nutmeg fruits.
Mace normally used as medical oils or cream. It is reported to be effective in alleviating headaches, nausea, colds, stomach aches, minor burns, dry cough and stomach gas.(note: this is traditional typical Chinese treatment from a natural source, mainly for external use). Tourist from Singapore, Indonesia and Hong Kong normally like to buy it as gift for their families or older folks.
Recently, Penang people use it for nutmeg juice drink, nutmeg drink is now starting to be popular. There are two types of juice drink, one they called white nutmeg juice drink, just the juice from the fresh nutmeg fruit, it is a wholesome drink with the strong aroma of the fruit.The other type is the dark nutmeg drink,where the nutmeg fruit was boiled with rock sugar for the fruit juices.
My friend told me some of them use nutmeg juicepour it over ice cream, pancakes, fruit salad or even sweet and sour pork and barbecue chicken, also delightful in cocktails, mix with club soda or milk to create shakes and fizzes of all kinds.
It is best served chilled nutmeg juice when the days are hot. Nutmeg syrup also an alternative to sugar in tea or coffee.
What is the benefits in nutmeg syrup?
Nutmeg is rich in natural antioxidants, improve digestion, reduce flatulence and relieve throat irritation. For more details in the health benefits for nutmeg, kindly view at http://www.1nutmeg.com
Dark nutmeg syrup & white nutmeg fruit drink base
Black Nutmeg Syrup (Joyous Farm)
- Features: - 100% natural - No preservatives & colouring
- Refreshing delicious - Volume: 500ml
- Made from fresh nutmeg.
- Made in Malaysia
- Direction: shake well before use a) Mix 1 part of syrup with 8 parts of water. Stir well. Best served chilled. b) Add syrup as topping on pancake / ice cream.
- Nutrition information :
Serving size: 35ml
Serving per bottle: 14
Quantity ctn : 24 bottles
- Ingredients: Sugar & Nutmeg
Warm reminder:
- Sedimentation of fruit pulp is a natural phenomenon. - Keep refrigerated after opening
White Nutmeg fruit drink base
- Direction: - shake well before use. -Mix 1 part of drink base with 5 parts of water, stir well. Best served chilled.
