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The tiger nut of Valencia

Almàssera, L'Horta Nord, Valencia

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The tiger nut of Valencia

Food and drink · Almàssera, L'Horta Nord, Valencia

Tuber grown in the sandy soils of the huerta since Andalusi times, protected by a protected designation of origin; it is dried for months before being turned into horchata. The PDO, approved in 1995, protects a single variety, Cyperus esculentus var. sativus, grown in Almàssera and other municipalities of the Valencian huerta such as Alboraya, Meliana or Foios. The regulation distinguishes xufa tendra, freshly washed, from xufa seca, which is washed and dried and classified by size into colliter and gransa, as well as two shapes of tuber, the llargueta and the ametlla. Each unit weighs between 0.45 and 0.80 grams, and when dry it is made up of between 11 and 17.5% sugars, 23 to 31% fats, 6.5 to 12% proteins and 25 to 40% starch.

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