Black Nougat with Pine Honey

The recipe for this extraordinary and irresistible traditional Christmas candy was brought by Mademoiselle Vivette from her native Provence, but was then changed by Mademoiselle Ray to include the strange mountain honey produced by the bees of the Valley in the springtime, when the tiny flowers appear on the pine trees. The pine blossom honey adds its delicate and subtle taste to the browned almonds and the dark nougat. This is one of the thirteen “'Christmas Desserts” of Provence, where “T