Preparation: 30 min.
Cooking time: 25-30 min. 

1. Preheat oven to 160°C fan-assisted.
2. In your mixer, blend the sugar, flour and almonds.  Add the almond essence and the butter cut into small pieces.  Blend for about 1 min till the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
3. Add the egg white and blend a further min to bring all the ingredients together into a ball.
   
4. Line the baking tray with paper.  Ideally you would use a tray the size of the oven capable of taking 40 biscuits.  Using a spoon, take a small amount of dough and roll into a ball. Place on the tray and continue, spacing the balls evenly, till all the dough is used up.   Decorate with flaked almonds and flatten slightly with the back of a spoon
   
5. Cook on the lower shelf of the oven for 25-30 mins.  When ready the bsicuits should feel dry to the touch.