Turrón

Turrón , torró ( Catalan: [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. This nougat confection is known by similar names in different languages. In Spanish it is turrón ( Spanish: [tuˈron]), in Catalan torró ( Catalan: [tuˈro] or [toˈro]), in Italian torrone ( Italian: [torˈroːne]), in Portuguese torrão ( Portuguese: [tuˈʁɐ̃w]), and in Brazilian Portuguese torrone ( Portuguese: [toˈʁoni]). In Sardinian it is called turrone ( Sardinian: [tuˈrɔnɛ]) and in Tagalog turon ( Tagalog: [tuˈɾon]). The 16th-century Manual de Mujeres (Women's handbook), a handbook of recipes for cosmetics and some foodstuffs, has what is probably the oldest existing Spanish turrón recipe. It calls for honey and some egg whites, cooked until it becomes breakable once cooled. Once the honey is caramelized the recipe suggests adding pine nuts, almonds or hazelnuts, peeled and roasted. The mix is then cooked a bit further, and finally removed from the heat and cut into slices.

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