Alicante nougat, or hard nougat, is a sweet made mainly of roasted almonds, sugar, honey, and egg white. The egg white is what gives it the hard texture and gives it the white color. Alicante artisanal nougat in a 300-gram bar or in a novel format of 2 150g bars that make it easier to break it up for a better tasting. Hard nougat with Denomination of Origin and limited production. It is one of the most valued and awarded. Difference between Alicante nougat and Jijona nougat This hard or Alicante nougat follows a very critical production process similar to that of Jijona nougat (soft). The main difference between the two is that the one in Jijona is refined while in the one in Alicante, the dough obtained from mixing egg white, honey and toasted almonds is dried and placed in the drawers to be cut with a saw.