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HAZERBABA Turkish Delight with Pomegranate 16 oz Turkish delight, lokum orrahat lokum is a family of confections based on a gel of starch and sugar.Premium varieties consist largely of chopped dates, pistachios, and hazelnutsor walnuts bound by the gel; traditional varieties are mostly flavored withrosewater, mastic, Bergamot orange, or lemon. The confection is often packagedand eaten in small cubes dusted with icing sugar, copra, or powdered cream oftartar, to prevent clinging. Other common flavors include cinnamon and mint.In the production process, soapwort may be used as an emulsifying additive.The exact origin of these sweets is yet to be definitively determined;however, lokum comes from the Arabic Halkum or Al-Halkum. In the Arab world,Turkish delights are called rahat al-hulqum which means Throat Comfort .Ottoman confectionery was originally sweetened with honey and molasses, usingwater and flour as the binding agents, with rosewater, lemon peel and bitterorange as the most common flavors (red, yellow and green). Lokum wasintroduced to Western Europe in the 19th century. An unknown Briton reputedlybecame very fond of the delicacy during his travels to Istanbul and purchasedcases of it, to be shipped back to Britain under the name Turkish Delight. Itbecame a major delicacy in Britain and throughout Continental Europe for highclass society. During this time, it became a practice among upper classsocialites to exchange pieces of Turkish Delight wrapped in silk handkerchiefsas presents. Ingredients: Sugar, Pomegranate Flavor, Corn Starch, Water
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