Lacy Florentines
Preparation Time: 20 Minutes
Cook Time: 10 - 12 minutes
Serves: Makes about 15
Lacy Florentines
Ingredients
80g butter or margarine
60ml (50 g) sugar
15ml golden syrup or honey
15ml fresh lemon juice
50g red or green glace cherries, coarsely chopped
50g mixed citrus peel
30ml flaked almonds
125ml (70 g) Snowflake cake flour
250g dark chocolate, melted
Method
- Combine butter, sugar, syrup and lemon juice in a small, heavy-based saucepan and heat until butter and sugar have melted. Remove from heat.
- Mix cherries, citrus peel and almonds together. Sift flour and mix through fruit. Add to melted butter mixture.
- Roll mixture into heaped teaspoon-size balls and place onto greased baking trays, leaving enough space for spreading. Flatten slightly using a spoon.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for 10 - 12 minutes. Turn onto wire racks to cool.
- Spread melted chocolate onto smooth side of biscuit. When chocolate has nearly set, make wavy patterns in it, using a fork. Store in an airtight container.
