Florentines
Prep
15m
Cook
15m
serves
36
Florentines
You'll find these florentines by Melbourne-based pastry chef, Kirsten Tibballs hard to resist!
Ingredients (11)
- 125g caster sugar
- 75ml pure (thin) cream
- 1 tbs honey
- 35g liquid glucose
- 60g unsalted butter
- 1 cup (100g) flaked almonds
- 50g pistachios, slivered or roughly chopped
- 1/3 cup (50g) white sesame seeds
- 1/2 cup (75g) hazelnuts, chopped
- 25g glacé cherries, sliced
- 230g good-quality milk chocolate, melted, cooled
Don't forget you can add these ingredients to your Woolworths shopping list.
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1.Preheat the oven to 170°C and line a baking tray with a non-stick mat or baking paper.
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2.Place the caster sugar, cream, honey, glucose and butter in a saucepan over medium heat and bring to the boil. Cook until you achieve a light golden colour. Remove the pan from heat and add all remaining ingredients, except the melted chocolate, and stir to combine.
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3.Place 3cm rounds of the mixture on the lined tray 10cm apart and bake for 8-10 minutes until golden. Remove the tray from the oven and, while the Florentines are still hot, take a 7cm cutter or overturned cup, and place it over a baked hot Florentine.
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4.With a continual circular motion, neaten the edges of each Florentine to create an even round disc. (This is optional, they taste just as good with uneven edges.) Leave to cool completely on the tray. Once cool, remove from the tray.
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5.To coat the bases with the melted chocolate, dip a small knife or the back of a spoon in the chocolate and spread a thin layer over the Florentine bases. Set aside, chocolate side-up, at room temperature until chocolate sets.
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