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In the production process, soapwort may be used as an emulsifying additive.
In the production process, soapwort may be used as an emulsifying additive.


== See also ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


* [[Confection (nonfiction)]]
* [[Confection (nonfiction)]]
== Fiction cross-reference ==
* [[Turpentine delight]]


== External links ==
== External links ==

Revision as of 11:24, 15 April 2016

Turkish delight, lokum or rahat lokum and many other transliterations (Ottoman Turkish: رَاحَة الْحُلْقُوم‎ rāḥat al-ḥulqūm, Turkish: Lokum or rahat lokum, from colloquial Arabic: راحه الحلقوم‎ rāḥat al-ḥalqūm) is a family of confections based on a gel of starch and sugar.

Description

Premium varieties consist largely of chopped dates, pistachios, and hazelnuts or walnuts bound by the gel; traditional varieties are mostly flavored with rosewater, mastic, Bergamot orange, or lemon.

The confection is often packaged and eaten in small cubes dusted with icing sugar, copra, or powdered cream of tartar, to prevent clinging.

Other common flavors include cinnamon and mint.

In the production process, soapwort may be used as an emulsifying additive.

Nonfiction cross-reference

Fiction cross-reference

External links