Little histories about the nougat from Montélimar

What’s this?

A recipe made of sugar, lavender honey, almonds, pistachios, vanilla and eggs whites.

To get the appellation nougat de Montélimar, the recipe must have 30% almonds and 25% honey.

The nougat colour changes depending of the sugar cooking or the quantity of almonds.

The little history

The word nougat comes from Spanish nogado: a caramelized cake with almonds and honey.

The nougat from Montélimar is one of the 13 Christmas recipes, a tradition in Provence.

Originally, the nougat was only made with nuts.

Then, when the recipe of nougat from Montélimar was created in the beginning of the 17th century, they replaced nuts by almonds.