ملتقى الشفاء الإسلامي

TURRON

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While turron is available all during the year it is a treat that everyone eats during the Christmas season. There are many different kinds of turron made of many different items. Examples of different kinds of turron are Turron de Almendra (almond), Turron de Cacauete (Peanut) and Turron de Avellana (roasted hazelnut). The two most famous kinds of Turron come from Alicante and Jijona.

"Turron de yema"

Egg yolk nougat

Ingredients:

Mix the ground almonds with the egg yolks
Make a syrup with the icing sugar and add the cinamon and lemon rind
leave to cook until it begins to turn brown.
Add the almond paste and cook slowly stirring all the time.
When it thickens nicely and does not stick press into a rectangular mould and leave to cool.
You can tip it out of mould after a couple of days.

"Turron de Alicante" (hard nougat)

Ingredients:

1 kilo Rosemary Honey
500 gms sugar
2 egg whites
1,500 gms almonds, heated up in oven
1 lemon
Slowly heat the honey in a saucepan until all the water that it contains has evaporated.
Add the sugar and mix with a wooden spatula
Beat the egg white until stiff and then add to the mixture.
Stir briskly with the spatula for eight to ten minutes then stir slowly over a low flame until it begins to caramelise (turn brown)
Put the hot almonds into the honey mixture with the rind of the lemon
Mix well and let cook slowly for a few minutes taking care it does not stick
The mixture is then poured into wooden moulds lined with rice paper

After two and a half hours, the turron is cut. When it is completely cold, the slices are stored in an airtight container

"Turron de Jijona" (soft nougat)

Ingredients :

Chop the nuts finely and then crush them in the mortar until they become a smooth paste
Beat the eggs whites stiffly and then add them to the paste
Put the honey and sugar in a saucepan and bring to the boil
Add the paste to the honey mixture
Mix constantly with a wooden spatula for ten minutes
Remove from the heat, put into wooden moulds lined with rice paper
Leave to cool and then sprinkle with cinnamon

لأعضاء ملتقى الشفاء الحلوين جبتلكم حلوى اسمها تورونس اليكانتي من تراثنا الاسباني هادي حلوى مشهورة وبيعملوها بمناسبة رأس السنة