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Turrón (Spanish:), torró (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 Alicante, Spain there are several published recipes in the 16th century, for instance "La Generosa Paliza" by Lope de Rueda and other novels written by Cervantes [6] and in Montélimar, France, in the 18th century (Nougat of Montélimar). Brown nougat is made without egg whites and has a firmer, often crunchy texture.
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 ...
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. [6]
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.
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Turon may refer to: . Turon, Kansas, a town in the United States; Turón, a town in Granada, Spain; Turón (Mieres), a parish in Mieres, Spain Turon (food), a Filipino dessert made of banana and jackfruit, wrapped in an eggroll wrapper, and then fried
Mantecado is a name for a variety of Spanish shortbreads that includes the polvorón.The names are often synonymous, but not all mantecados are polvorones.The name mantecado comes from manteca (), usually the fat of Iberian pig (cerdo ibérico), with which they are made, while the name polvorón is based on the fact that these cakes crumble easily into a kind of dust in the hand or the mouth.