Pural Biobis Organic Biscuits

As different as the food cultures around the world are, no one likes to miss out on sweets. The treats of distant countries do not only sweeten the holiday. The popular Indian treat Laddu consists of only three ingredients: chickpea flour, ghee and whole cane sugar. From this small balls are rolled, which are then roasted. In Ayurveda, sweets are the flavor that energizes the body. That's why exhausted pilgrims are handed Laddu upon arrival in the holy cities. Small sweets for tea time are also offered in England. Especially caramel confectionery enjoys great popularity on the island. Fudge (soft) is distinguished from toffee (hard). If fudge in small cubes is served to tea, it is generally handed out with special pliers, so that nothing sticks on the fingers. Because toffee is very popular, numerous cakes, pies and cookies are baked with it. Tea drinkers, who do not like the caramel taste, may enjoy scones, fruit bread or small shortcakes with raisins instead. An alternative are sweet shortbreads from Scotland. Apart from Eastern Friesland, tea time did not catch on in the rest of Europe – but biscuits did.

Also on the other side of the world, in Japan, something sweet is served to tea. The traditional candy (Okashi) forms a counterbalance to the strong taste of Matcha teas. Even today, the confection made of bean paste is a widespread dessert and a popular hospitality gift. Western sweets cannot be found at a tea ceremony but outside the teahouse they are everywhere. Besides jelly bears and chocolates, of course there are also cookies. In Japan they are called kuki, derived from the English cookie. However, one should not blindly grab the cookie jar in Japan. By doing so you may bite into algae cookies. The Japanese have no problem with taking over inventions and practices from other countries. But they always put their individual stamp on it. This combination of East and West, tradition and modernity is typical for the country of the rising sun. And when it comes to biscuits no exception is made. The results are often somewhat odd for Europeans, especially when something sweet is mixed with something salty. Unagi Pie, for example, are cookies with garlic and crushed eel. On long train journeys they are often nibbled by hungry business men. What makes fellow passengers discreetly open the windows...

Instead of fish one can also mix chocolate in the cookie dough or cover the biscuits with chocolate. Or one may put a layer of chocolate between the biscuits like Pural does with the Biobis Choc Organic Biscuits. The tasty biscuits with a layer of fine cocoa cream filling leave nothing to be desired. The thick biscuits also taste great with orange, vanilla or fruit cream filling. The dream team of organic double biscuits with fruit or cocoa cream filling is also baked as a variant with spelt flour. 15 mouth-watering biscuits in the 300-g package turn occasional nibblers into biscuit enthusiasts.