Cold Desserts Recipes - Florentines Recipe

Ingredients

• 25g/1oz butter

• 50g/2oz caster sugar

• 25g/1oz plain flour (sifted)

• 50g/2oz almonds (chopped)

• 50g/2oz mixed peel (chopped)

• 25g/1oz raisins

• 25g/1oz glace cherries (chopped)

• Grated zest of 1 lemon

• 125g/4 1/2oz dark chocolate (melted)

Serves 5-10

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas mark 4. Line 2 large baking trays with baking parchment.

2. Heat the butter and caster sugar in a small saucepan until the butter has just melted and the sugar dissolved. Remove the pan from the heat.

3. Stir in the flour and mix well. Stir in the almonds, mixed peel, raisins, cherries and lemon zest. Place teaspoonfuls of the mixture well apart on the baking trays.

4. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes or until lightly golden. As soon as the Florentines are removed from the oven, press the edges into neat shapes while still on the baking trays, using a biscuit cutter. Leave to cool on the baking trays until firm, then carefully transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

5. Spread the melted chocolate over one side of each Florentine. Leave chocolate side up until set.