Chocolate Florentines

Name: Chocolate Florentines
Ingredients: 25 g butter; 75 g caster sugar; 15 g plain flour; 4 tablespoons double cream; 50 g glacé cherries, chopped; 100 g flaked almonds; 50 g mixed peel; 100 g dark chocolate (with 70 per cent cocoa solids); 100 g dark chocolate (with 70 per cent cocoa solids)

Preparation info

Makes
20

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Baker's Daughter

By Louise Johncox

Published 2014

About

Dad made Florentines regularly for the tea shop; they were especially popular at Christmas as gifts, presented in gold boxes tied with red ribbon. He also made tiny versions as petit fours. I like to make mine in a muffin tray - it gives them a smooth, rounded edge.

Ingredients

25 g butter
75 g caster sugar
15 g

Cookies
Vegetarian
Christmas

Method

Preheat the oven to 190°C/gas mark 5. Line a baking sheet or muffin tin with baking parchment.

Melt the butter and sugar in a medium saucepan, ensuring the butter melts over a low heat. Stir it constantly so it doesn’t caramelize. Now stir in the flour and gradually add the cre