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Turrón (Spanish:), torró (Catalan: / Valencian:) 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.
In Britain, nougat is traditionally made in the style of the southern European varieties, and is commonly found at fairgrounds and seaside resorts. The most common industrially produced type [ 14 ] is coloured pink and white, the pink often fruit flavoured, and sometimes wrapped in edible rice paper with almonds and cherries .
Turon, though etymologically Spanish in origin, bears no similarities to the Spanish candy turrón (an almond nougat confection). [2] It is a crunchy and chewy snack most commonly consumed during merienda or for dessert. [3] It is also a popular street food, [4] usually sold with banana cue, [5] camote cue, and maruya.
The Diccionario de la lengua española [a] (DLE; [b] English: Dictionary of the Spanish language) is the authoritative dictionary of the Spanish language. [1] It is produced, edited, and published by the Royal Spanish Academy, with the participation of the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language.
Pan de Cádiz or turrón de Cádiz is a large marzipan confection from Cádiz, Spain. Pan means 'bread' in Spanish, a name which the dish probably acquired due to its appearance as a rectangular bread.
SpanishDict is a Spanish-American English reference, learning website, [1] and mobile application. [2] The website and mobile application feature a Spanish-American English dictionary and translator, verb conjugation tables, pronunciation videos, and language lessons. [3] SpanishDict is managed by Curiosity Media. [4]
The town is famous for a type of soft nougat, known in Spanish as Turrón de Jijona and in Valencian as Torró de Xixona. This is mostly due to the extensive almond farming that has existed since the Moorish farmers originally cultivated the almond trees following the Islamic conquest of the Iberian Peninsula. Several factories produce turrón ...
According to Spanish philologist and dialectologist Manuel Alvar López, alfajor is an Andalusian variant of the Castilian alajú, [5] derived from the Arabic word الفَاخِر, al-fakhir, meaning luxurious, and, contrary to some beliefs that it originated in the New World, was introduced to Latin America as alfajor.