Florentines

Name: Florentines
Total time: 10 min
Yield: Makes: 18 biscuits
Ingredients: 30 g / 1 oz sultanas; 15 g / ½ oz candied angelica, diced; 60 g / 2 oz candied orange peel, chopped; 1 tsp lemon juice; 45 g / 1½ oz butter; 175 g / 6 oz plain dessert chocolate; 60 g / 2 oz natural glacé cherries, sliced; 1 tbs double cream; 15 g / ½ oz flour; 60 g / 2 oz blanched almonds, slivered; 60 g / 2 oz caster sugar

Preparation info

Makes:
18
biscuits

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
10 min

Appears in

Cakes

By Geraldene Holt

Published 2011

About

Almonds, cherries, angelica and chocolate are bound together with a layer of caramel – small, crisp and totally irresistible.

Ingredients

45 g / 1½ oz butter
60 g / 2

Pastry
Vegetarian

Method

Melt the butter with the sugar in a pan over medium heat. Remove from the hob and beat in the sieved flour, cream and lemon juice. Stir in the orange peel, cherries, sultanas, angelica and almonds. Place rounded teaspoons of the mixture on the prepared baking sheet, allowing room for the biscuits to spread.

Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, taking care not to overcook or th