It is a French candy made by whipping egg whites until they are light and frothy Sugar or honey syrup is added to stabilize the foam and creating a frappe Roasted nuts, such as almonds, hazelnuts, pistachios, or walnuts, are added A number of other flavoring ingredients are then added to create nougat with different flavors Nuts are also added Nougat is called torrone in Italy and turron in Spain
[ 'nü-g&t, esp Briti ] (noun.) 1827. From French nougat, from Occitan nougat, variant of Old Provençal nogat, from noga (“nut”), from Latin nux (“nut”). Compare Spanish nuégado.