Steps to Make Quick Florentines

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, florentines. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Florentines are a delicious mixture of toasted nuts and candied fruit that are coated with a sweet sticky mixture of honey and sugar. They are finished with a layer of melted chocolate. It's time to go a little nutty with this festive Florentine recipe. Crispy, gooey and chocolatey, these biscuits are packed with almonds.

Florentines is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Florentines is something that I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have florentines using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Florentines:

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

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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.

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