Chocolate Florentines

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Ingredients

Serves 6

• 7 oz (200 g) dark chocolate (70% cocoa)
  
• 2 ¾ cups (250g) flaked almonds
  
• 3½ oz (100 g) mixed candied fruit
  
• 1/3 cup (50 g) raisins
  
• 1¼ cups (250 g) sugar
  
• 4/5 cup (100 g) flour
  
• ¼ cup (50 g) butter
  
• 3 egg whites

Preparation

To prepare the ingredients

• Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C)
  
• Melt the butter
  
• Place a sheet of parchment paper on a baking tray and butter it
  
• Break the chocolate into pieces

Preparation

• Put the candied fruit, raisins, flaked almonds, sugar, flour and egg whites into a bowl
  
• Stir carefully until you have quite a thick, even paste
  
• Add the butter little by little, continuing to stir carefully
  
• Spoon small heaps of the mixture onto the parchment paper, leaving enough space between them for the dough to spread during cooking
  
• Bake for 10 to 15 minutes
  
• Remove from the oven and let them cool down before lifting them off the paper
  
• While they are cooling down, put the chocolate into a bowl and melt it in a bain-marie
  
• Stir well when it has melted
  
• Lift the Florentines off the paper and dip the flat base of each in the chocolate
  
• Let them cool down, chocolate side up
  
• When they are cold, put them on a serving dish.

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