Turrón
turrón spanish tuˈron torró valencian toˈro torrone italian torˈroːne mediterranean nougat confection typically made honey sugar egg white toasted almond nut usually shaped either rectangular tablet round cake turrón usually eaten dessert food around christmas spain italy nougat confection known similar name different language spanish turrón spanish tuˈron catalan torró catalan tuˈro valencian torró valencian toˈro italian torrone italian torˈroːne portuguese torrão portuguese tuˈʁɐ̃w brazilian portuguese torrone portuguese toˈʁoni sardinian called turrone sardinian tuˈrɔnɛ tagalog turon tagalog tuˈɾon thcentury manual de mujeres womens handbook handbook recipe cosmetic foodstuff probably oldest existing spanish turrón recipe call honey egg white cooked becomes breakable cooled honey caramelized recipe suggests adding pine nut almond hazelnut peeled roasted mix cooked bit finally removed heat cut slice version name appear derived latin torrere toast modern confection might derived muslim recipe prevalent part islamic spain known turun even ancient greek recipe one may also point similar confection named cupedia cupeto marketed ancient rome noted roman poet turrón torró known least since th century city jijonaxixona formerly sexona north alicante turrón commonly consumed spain country latin america roussillon france similar torrone typical sicily cremona benevento italy similar confection called panucha produced philippine variation found several region northern mediterranean turrón take variety consistency appearance however traditionally consisted ingredient final product may either hard crunchy soft chewy thirty year ago almost turrón recipe followed specification since diversification product currently dozen variety chocolate puffed rice whole almond kind chocolate praline without liquor candied fruit whole nut fruit praline even sugarless variation sweetened fructose artificial sweetener traditional spanish turrón may classified hard duro alicante alacant variety named city alacant compact block whole almond mass egg honey sugar almond depending thickness one may find difficult break piece turrón duro rigid soft blando jijona xixona variety named city xixona almond reduced paste addition oil make matrix bond better almond turrón blando much mushy crumbly consistency variation ingredient resulting dryness reflects continuum exists also amaretto almondflavored cooky meringue macaroon variety include torró dagramunt near lleida torró de xerta near tortosa torró de casino modern time name turrón widened meaning spain include many sweet preparation common traditional turrón sold bar around x x cm bar chocolate marzipan coconut caramel candied fruit etc torrone traditional winter christmas confection italy many variety exist differs spanish version lower proportion nut used confection traditional version cremona lombardy range widely texture morbido lit soft chewy duro lit hard brittle flavor various citrus flavoring vanilla etc added nougat may contain whole hazelnut almond pistachio nut meal added nougat commercial version dipped chocolate popular recipe varied time differ one region next torrone di benevento benevento campania sometimes go historic name cupedia signifies crumbly version made hazelnut softer version made almond torrone di benevento considered oldest kind since predates roman time widely known territory samnium although originally resembling sticky paste differs marginally variety torrone di cremona abruzzo sicily sardinia also local version may slightly distinct two main denomination lombardy campania torrone di mandorle usually eaten around christmas block chopped almond brittle mass honey sugar torrone di bagnara calabra wellknown torrone given designation igp recipe date least includes orange blossom honey calabria almond sicily egg white sugar cocoa essential oil two variation martiniana dusted confectioner sugar torrefatto dusted cocoa powder peruvian cuisine turrón generally soft may flavored anise original spanish recipe contained ingredient rare expensive peru almond rose water orange blossom water honey modified variety way one common variety found lima turrón de doña pepa anise honey nougat traditionally prepared señor de los milagros lord miracle religious procession october cashew turrón philippine spanish turrones de casúy spanish turrones de anacardo pampanga province derivative bar marzipan made cashew nut wrapped white wafer unlike rest hispanidad candy associated holiday season another derivative turrones de pili made using native pili nut similar delicacy masareal mandaue cebu made finelyground boiled peanut sugar syrup latik water typically dry turrón however derivative different street food turón dessert version filipino lumpia common turón na saging sliced banana plantain dipped brown sugar wrapped spring roll wrapper deepfried however numerous filling turón including ube sweet potato even peanut like turón de mani puerto rico turrón called turrón de ajonjolí sesame turrón puerto rican turrón made toasted black white sesame seed ground cinnamon lemon juice bound together caramelized brown sugar honey variety include almond lime zest sunflower seed flax seed orange zest toasted coconut flake cuba turrón de maní peanut nougat traditional sweet treat snacksized bar usually peddled across bus stop crowd though family loaf two pound also available run two variant blando ground peanut pressed bar brown sugar duro coarsely chopped roasted peanut bound together caramelized sugar honey various type turróntorrone protected geographical status eu law include turrón de jijona pgi valencian community turrón de alicante pgi valencian community torró dagramunt pgi catalonia others torrone di cremona italy protected status limited country produce list almond dish gaz candy halva marzipan nougat torrone nurzia spanish regulatory council jijona alicante variety turron marzipan made handcrafting procees food spain turrón spanish nougat sweet arab heritage igp 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