Quick florentines

Take a handful of ingredients and create these dark chocolate florentines. They make a delicious treat with your afternoon tea or a tasty homemade gift

Prep:25 mins
Cook:25 mins

Easy

Nutrition per serving

kcal 376
fat 15g
saturates 5g
carbs 33g
sugars 0g
fibre 17g
protein 17g
salt 0.8g

Ingredients

100g caster sugar
40g honey
60g butter
75g double cream
200g flaked almonds
60g ground almonds
100g dark chocolate

Method

Heat the sugar, honey and butter with the cream in a small pan. Bring the mixture to a boil and cook for 5 minutes. Add the almond flakes and ground almonds, take off the heat and mix everything well.
Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160/gas 4. Use two teaspoons to form 35 small heaps on a baking sheet lined with baking parchment. Bake for 15 minutes or until lightly caramelised to a golden colour. If the mixtures separates, simply put it back into piles with the two teaspoons.
Let the florentines cool completely. Melt the dark chocolate in a microwave or a bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Using a pastry brush, brush the underside of each florentine with chocolate, place chocolate side up and leave to set.

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