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Nougat of Agramunt

Agramunt, Urgell, Lleida

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Nougat of Agramunt

Curiosity · Agramunt, Urgell, Lleida

Torró d'Agramunt is a type of turrón made in the Lleida municipality of Agramunt with hazelnuts or almonds, sugar, honey and egg white, presented in round or rectangular tablets sandwiched with wafer paper in various sizes. The first written mention dates from 1741, in letters of a local noble family that cite seven turrón-makers in the town. It has held Protected Geographical Indication status since 2002, regulated by the Generalitat, and is registered in the EU register. Its paste has a golden-brown colour, fragile and crunchy, with a minimum almond or hazelnut content of between 46% and 60% depending on whether it is of extra or supreme category; to make it, the nuts are toasted and peeled and cooked with honey, sugars and egg white before being mixed together.

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