Almond Tea with Puff Pastry

I learn this almond tea recipe from a Chinese restaurant near where I live. While it might seem hard to prepare, it’s actually quite easy to make this almond tea with baked puff pastry (酥皮杏仁茶) with store-bought ingredients such as puff pastry sheets, almond powder, and canned ginkgo nuts.

Other baked goods/recipes that go well with Almond Tea with Puff Pastry (酥皮杏仁茶):

1. Shortbread Cookies 2. Mini Portuguese Egg Tarts 3. Banana Nut Muffins 4. Lemon Chiffon Cake

Almond Tea Recipe (酥皮杏仁茶) 2 servings

Ingredients:

5 tablespoons sweetened almond powder 1 teaspoon honey 10 ginkgo nuts (canned) 1 cup water 1 puff pastry sheet (thawed and cut into two 4.5 in. x 4.5 in. squares)

From Rasa Malaysia

Method:

Preheat oven to 400 degree Fahrenheit.

Bring one cup of water to boil and add in the almond powder, ginkgo nuts, and honey. Stir well and set aside.

Transfer equal portion of the boiled almond tea into two regular soufflé dishes. Top the soufflé dishes with the puff pastry squares. Stretch the puff pastry square to cover the dish opening tight.

Bake for 12-15 minutes or until the puff pastry turns golden brown. Serve hot.

Cook’s Notes:

1. You can get both almond powder and canned ginkgo nuts at Asian food stores. 2. Fresh ginkgo nuts (pictured above) can be used. Use a nut cracker to crack the shell, then remove the skin and soak the ginkgo nuts in water for a few hours (to soften them) before use