For those who love French nougat, discover the traditional nougats de Montélimar from France. They are presented in a beautiful milestone shaped tin box that features nougat assortments: crunchy nougat and soft nougat. The soft nougat consists in small tender cubes with almonds and pistachios (wrapped pieces) and the crunchy nougat in little crunchy pieces with almonds protected under gold film individually. Box is 9.05’’ high and contains approximately 30 nougat pieces. (8.81 oz)

The origin of the nougat is uncertain: the word “nougat” probably comes from the Latin “nux” (walnut). The Roman gourmet Marcus Gavius, known under the name of Apicius and who lived during the reign of Tiberius, second Roman Emperor, had written the recipe of the nougat based of pine nuts, walnuts, honey and eggs. On the other hand, some scholars claim that the Greeks from Massilia made the “nôgalon”, which was a piece of candy with honey and almonds. Whatever its origin may be, the nougat appeared in France in the 16th century at a time when the agronomist Olivier de Serres (1539-1619) developed the cultivation of the almond tree next to the town of Montélimar in Southern France. The existence of the nougat in Montélimar is evidenced by official documents of the town that recount the visits of Philippe V d'Anjou, grandson of Louis XIV, and his brothers the duke of Burgundy and the duke of Berry who were offered some nougat as a present in 1701. The first nougat factory appeared in Montélimar in 1770 and in the 19th century, the nougat was very popular beyond the French border. Emile Loubet, who was the mayor of Montélimar and the President of France from 1899 to 1906, was known for never have let a visitor leave without giving him some nougat. In the 1960s, it became popular for French people to go to the South of France to spend their summer vacation. The price to pay to go to the beach was the huge traffic jam on the road called the Nationale 7. Along the route Nationale 7 lays the town of Montélimar, which in turn became a pleasant way station for the travelers to rest and snack on some nougat. It became so fashionable to stop in Montélimar to buy its nougat that the famous French singer Charles Trenet wrote a song about the route nationale 7. The metal milestone was therefore designed as a tribute to the Nationale 7.

Ingredients: Soft Montélimar French nougat: sugar, almonds, honey, corn syrup, pistachios, egg albumin, unleavened bread, natural flavour. Crunchy pieces: almonds, sugar, corn syrup, fructose syrup, honey, egg albumin, unleavened bread, natural flavour.