Candy from Iran

My friend Graeme recently returned from a trip to Iran with candy for us to try.

Gaz is soft green pistachio wrapped in a sort of nougat made from sugar, corn extract, Toranjebin (a vegetable extract from the Angebin plant) and natural honey.

Apparently it's traditionally made in copper pots where the mix is beaten until it reaches the right consistency to be shaped by hand.

It looked pretty hard, but was soft, like a more 'natural' tasting version of the filling of a Mars bar or Snickers. Good stuff.