Turkish delight

Lokum
	An assortment of Turkish delight on display in Istanbul
Type	Confection
Place of origin	Safavid (Name of Iran) or the Ottoman Empire (Turkey)
Serving temperature	Room temperature
Main ingredients	Starch, sugar
Ingredients generally used	Fruit, nuts, honey
Variations	Multiple
	Cookbook: Lokum; Media: Lokum;

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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