Almond Biscuits

A Westernized Chinese invention, these popular biscuits are found in almost every Chinese restaurant, as well as food shops in Chinatown. In China, real almonds are rare and expensive, so little used. The Chinese use apricot kernels, cooked to eliminate their toxicity, as the Western world uses almonds.

The origins of these almond biscuits are rather murky, but, given the availability and pleasing qualities of the almonds, they were soon incorporated into the cuisine by Chinese chef