Mace Ground 6 x 50g PotMace is often preferred in light dishes for the bright orange, saffron like hue it imparts. Mace is the dried skin of the Nutmeg fruit. Nutmeg is actually the dried seed or kernel of the fruit produced by the nutmeg tree. The tree produces a fruit similar to the apricot, which when it ripens, bursts open to reveal the kernel (nutmeg), which is encased in a scarlet coloured membrane. This membrane is actually the spice mace. The mace blades or aril is