Type | Confection |
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Place of origin | Safavid (Name of Iran)[1] or the Ottoman Empire (Turkey)[2] |
Serving temperature | Room temperature |
Main ingredients | Starch, sugar[3][4][5] |
Ingredients generally used | Fruit, nuts, honey |
Variations | Multiple |
Turkish delight or lokum (/lɔ.kʊm/) is a family of confections based on a gel of starch and sugar. Premium varieties consist largely of chopped dates, pistachios, hazelnuts or walnuts bound by the gel; traditional varieties are often flavored with rosewater, mastic gum, bergamot orange, or lemon. Other common flavors include cinnamon and mint. The confection is often packaged and eaten in small cubes dusted with icing sugar, copra, or powdered cream of tartar to prevent clinging. In the production process, soapwort may be used as an emulsifying additive.[6]
The origin of lokum is not precisely known, though the confection is known to have been produced in the Ottoman Empire, Greece and Greek populations in Asia Minor[7] and Safavid Azerbaijan since the late 18th century.
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