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I CAN’T IMAGINE CHRISTMAS WITHOUT NOUGAT. IT WOULD BE LIKE WAKING UP ON DECEMBER 25 AND STARING AT A COLD, EMPTY LIVING ROOM. WHEN I WAS A KID, DAD WOULD GO TO GREAT TROUBLE TO OBTAIN SPANISH NOUGAT. HE KNEW A SPANISH MAN WHO WOULD IMPORT A CONTAINER LOAD FROM SPAIN FOR ALL THE SPANISH EXPATRIATES IN MELBOURNE. DAD WOULD LOAD UP HIS BOOT AND DELIVER IT TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN NEARBY GEELONG. SWEET, SOFT, FLAVOURED WITH HONEY AND FULL OF TOASTED ALMONDS, NOUGAT IS SURPRISINGLY EASY TO MAKE