As recently featured on The Great British Bake Off, I absolutely had to give these a try! The recipe is Mary Berry's taken from the Good Food Website.
Ingredients
(Makes 18)
50g butter
50g demerara sugar
50g golden syrup
50g plain flour
25g glacé cherries or dried cranberries finely chopped
50g candied peel
25g chopped almonds
25g walnut peices finely chopped
200g dark chocolate
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and line 3 baking trays with greaseproof paper.
2. Measure the butter, sugar and golden syrup into a medium saucepan and heat gently until the butter has melted.
3. Remove from the heat and add the flour, cherries or cranberries, candied peel, almonds and walnuts, stir to combine.
4. Spoon 6 teaspoons full of the mixture into each of the 3 baking trays, well spaced out to allow for spread in the oven.
5. Bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes until golden. Timing is crucial, not long enough and they won't set to a crisp once cooled, too long and they will catch and burn.
6. Using a pallet knife, lift them from the paper onto cooling racks to cool completely.
7. Meanwhile, melt the chocolate in a bowl over simmering water in a pan, ensuring the bowl doesn't touch the water. Use a chocolate thermometer to heat the chocolate to exactly 53 degrees to temper it, as you stir it you will notice it becomes glossy and shiny.
8. Remove the chocolate from the heat and continue to stir until it reaches 23 degrees, then spread it onto the back if each of your cooled Florentines. Mark the chocolate with a fork, creating wiggly/ zig-zag lines in it. Then leave to set completely!
9. Store in an airtight container until ready to enjoy.
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