Chinese Dried Fig, Apple And Almond Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 cup chinese almonds (nom hung)
4 -5 chinese almonds (buck hung)
3 medium Red Delicious apples, unpeeled
8 ounces pork loin, well trimmed
10 chinese dried figs, rinsed

Preparation

Rinse almonds in several changes of cold water. Soak almonds in 1/2 cup cold water overnight to soften almonds.
Core apples and cut into 1-inch-thick wedges.
In a 4-quart saucepan, bring 2 quarts of water to a boil over high heat. Add pork and return to a boil, skimming any scum that forms. Add the apple wedges, dried figs, almonds and their soaking water.
Return to a boil over high heat. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer 3 hours.
Serve piping hot (no more than 1 1/2 cups per person).