Nunt is a Jewish pastry made with honey and nuts, traditionally served during Purim. It is similar to nougat but more chewy. Purim is a celebration of the Jewish people’s victory over their enemies, and traditional foods include nuts, seeds, and special breads like Hamantaschen.
Nunt, sometimes referred to as honey nougat, is a simple Jewish pastry generally served during the celebration of Purim. It includes nuts and honey and is similar to nougat or brittle. Other versions of traditional nougat can be found in a variety of Jewish cultures and are distributed during Purim, Rosh Hashanah, and Passover. Unlike nougat, however, black and white doesn’t use egg whites and has a texture that’s more chewy than brittle.
Traditionally, nun is made with a dark forest honey derived from beehives near forests with pine or coniferous trees. Honey is cooked with sugar and coarsely chopped nuts until the sugar is dissolved. The mixture is then spread over a wet, flat surface and allowed to cool. Once cooled, it is cut into diamond-shaped pieces and eaten or given away.
Variations on the traditional aunt may include adding poppy seeds, sesame seeds, or ginger. More contemporary recipes include a combination of nuts such as almonds or macadamias. Nunt, like all foods eaten on Purim, is kosher.
The Jewish holiday Purim is celebrated every year on the 14th day of the Jewish month of Adar. Adar is the sixth month of the Jewish calendar. It directly refers to the middle of the second half of February in the Gregorian or Western calendar.
Purim is a celebration commemorating the victory of the Jewish people over their enemies during the time of the ancient Persian Empire in the 5th century BC. The story, as related in the Book of Esther of the Hebrew Bible, tells of a plot by Haman, a counselor of the Persian emperor, to destroy the Jewish people. It is through Esther’s intervention that the Jewish people are spared.
It is traditional to give mutual gifts of food and drink to friends and family during Purim. While popular, the nunt isn’t the only traditional food served during this celebration. Seeds and nuts are often eaten to honor Esther who, according to the Hebrew Bible, only ate these foods while in the emperor’s palace because no other kosher foods were available. Special breads called Ojos de Haman or “Haman’s eyes” are baked in the shape of a head with eyes made of eggs which are later plucked out to represent Haman’s destruction. Triangular biscuits filled with poppy paste or plum filling, called Hamantaschen or “Haman’s pockets”, are also produced and distributed during this celebration.
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