Cardamom Polenta Cookies

Nigel Slater said that if he was stuck on an island with just one spice he'd pick cardamom.

Yea, Nigel and I are just meant to be.  I love cardamom.  I've never been to India but these cookies taste like India to me.  Hot sunny India.  It's so difficult to not talk about the weather here, I mean, i finally understand the British obsession with the weather, I'm obsessed.  I check the weather forecast every single day.  I don't know, it's like I'm purposefully upsetting myself.

So here's a little Indian sunshine to brighten up your day if you're currently experiencing hail or rain or cloudy days.

Recipe adapted from here
Ingredients
1/4 cup almonds, toasted and skinned
1 1/3 cup plain flour
1/2 cup cornmeal
1/2 cup caster sugar
pinch of salt
1 egg
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp milk
1 1/2 tsp ground cardamom

Method
Put the almonds in a food processor and pulse until finely ground.  Add all the other dry ingredients and pulse a couple of times until mixed.  Then add the wet ingredients and pulse until well combined.  Press mixture into a greased springform pan.  Dust with icing sugar.  Bake for 30 minutes.  Take out and cut into wedges.