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“Honey, sugar, egg white, toasted almonds—a Mediterranean nougat that turns nuts permanent.”

Turrón

What the real thing tastes like

Turrón (Spanish: [tuˈron]), torró (Catalan: [tuˈro] / Valencian: [toˈro]) or torrone (Italian: [torˈroːne]) is a Mediterranean nougat confection, typically made of honey, sugar, and egg white, with toasted almonds or other nuts, and usually shaped either into a rectangular tablet or a round cake. Turrón is usually eaten as a dessert food around Christmas in Spain and Italy. In Malta, it is sold in street stalls as qubbajd during the parish patron saint feast of the various localities. Similar products are sold in street stalls of North African Arab states such as Tunisia.

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Turrón is a Mediterranean nougat that lives in the space between candy and confection—honey, sugar, and egg white whipped together, studded with toasted almonds, then pressed into tablets or rounds. It's the kind of sweet that tastes like someone figured out how to make a nut's crunch permanent. Around Christmas, Spanish and Italian tables expect it. You'll also find it sold from street stalls in Malta as qubbajd during patron saint feasts, and in North African markets, proof that good things travel.

Order it here when it has

  • uses whole nuts
  • regional staple across Mediterranean
  • long shelf life form

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