Florentines
Florentines

Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, florentines. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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Florentines is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Florentines is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook florentines using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Florentines:
  1. Prepare 12 glace cherries
  2. Take 1 ball of preserved ginger in syrup (optional)
  3. Get 100 g butter
  4. Make ready 100 g demerara or soft brown sugar
  5. Prepare 100 g golden syrup
  6. Take 100 g plain flour
  7. Take 160 g flaked almonds
  8. Prepare 150 g 70% dark chocolate

Now gradually add the cream, stirring continuously to keep it smooth. Then add all the remaining ingredients, except the chocolate. "Florentines are a welcome gift at any time of year. Use this recipe to try our favourite chocolate and fruit flavour combinations - cherry and dark chocolate, orange and milk. Or create your own with crystallised ginger, pistachios, white chocolate, cranberries - whatever you like!

Instructions to make Florentines:
  1. Heat the oven to 180C/Gas 4. Cut the cherries and ginger, if using, into small pieces.
  2. Add the butter, sugar and syrup to a pan, I also added a pinch of salt, and heat gently until the butter has melted and the sugar has dissolved.
  3. Add the chopped cherries and ginger to the flour and mix together with the almonds.
  4. Add the dry mixture to the butter and syrup mixture and combine well with a wooden spoon or spatula. Line two large baking sheets with baking parchment.
  5. Place teaspoonfuls of the mixture on to the baking sheets, leaving plenty of room for them to spread. Bake for 10 minutes until dark golden brown, remove from the oven and use a knife to push the edges in so they're not too lacy at the sides. Leave on the baking sheets until hardened, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely and crisp up.
  6. Melt the chocolate gently in a pan, then dip the undersides of the florentines in it, place upside down back on the wire rack to dry.
  7. Eat when the chocolate has set.

Use this recipe to try our favourite chocolate and fruit flavour combinations - cherry and dark chocolate, orange and milk. Or create your own with crystallised ginger, pistachios, white chocolate, cranberries - whatever you like! In a saucepan set over low heat, melt the butter and sugar. Remove from the heat and stir in the cream, then add this to the ingredients in the bowl. The candied and dried fruit and nuts in these soft, sticky florentines give the biscuits a jewel-like appearance.

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