Chocolate Florentines Recipe

Serves: 18

Prep time: 20 mins

Cook time: 20-30 mins

Total time: 50 mins

Dietary: contains dairy

Meal type: Dessert

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Occasion: christmas

Author: dghchocolatier

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Ingredients

  • 50g Salted Butter
  • 50g Demerara Sugar
  • 50g Golden Syrup
  • 50g Plain Flour
  • 25g Finely Walnuts (chopped)
  • 25g Finely Glace Cherries (chopped)
  • 25g Finely Almond Flakes (chopped)
  • 300g dark chocolate (chopped)

Method

Preheat your oven to 180 c

line 3 baking trays with baking paper.

Put the cherries, almond flakes and walnuts, into a bowl.

Add the butter, sugar and golden syrup to a pan, and heat until the mixture is smooth and combined.

Remove from the heat, and add the flour, nuts, and cherries. Mix into a soft dough.

Spoon around 6 teaspoons of the mixture onto each tray, giving enough room for the florentines to spread.

Bake for 8-10 minutes until flat.

Remove from the oven and let the florentines cool,

Melt ⅔  of the chocolate in the microwave, heating in 20 second bursts until melted.

Remove from the microwave, and stir until the rest of the chocolate.

Once cool, use a teaspoon to spread some chocolate onto the flat side use a fork to add a pattern.

Serve chocolate side down