What is 'Musk' as used in this recipe
I recently made this truffle ravioli dish, it was an easy enough recipe, but I was confused about one thing: it calls for 'musk'. I didn't know what this was, my research only turned up musk melon, which I think is probably different. So, I skipped it.
So, my question is, what is 'musk' as used in this recipe, and what sort of flavor would it have imparted to the dish?
Best Answer
It's nutmeg.
The author of that blog is from Switzerland, so I imagine that term is used there, but I had never heard used culinarily until now. I Googled "Grated Musk", and still had to look around to be sure. Thanks for teaching me something.
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Answer 2
I think it's nutmeg.
The author of that blog is from Switzerland, and nutmeg is muscade in French and Muskat in German. It's also something that'd taste fine in the dishes she uses it in.
Answer 3
This is rather late in the discussion, but a recipe from Martha Washington's cookbook calls for "a little muske or ambergreece." Ambergris is from a sperm whale and similar in odor to musk. So, if it is an old recipe, it probably was musk from a deer.
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