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Mardin almond sweet (sugar) is produced in the region as a result of intensive work…
Mardin…
Blue almond sugar, made by coating almonds grown in Mardin’s vineyards and orchards with a special syrup prepared in copper cauldrons after roasting, is popular for its taste and aroma.
Almond sugar, which gets its colour from dye obtained from the roots of the lahor tree, is produced through intensive work.
‘A flavour preferred by everyone’
Sevgi Yurt, a food engineer at a company producing local almond sugar in Türkiye’s southeastern Anatolian province of Mardin, told an Anatolian Agency (AA) reporter that they have been producing almond sugar for years.
Yurt explained that almonds, grown traditionally and naturally in the city, are collected and brought to the facility, where they are then sorted individually.
Almond sugar, which is frequently consumed and purchased as a gift by visitors to the city, is also offered by the people of Mardin to their guests…
