Roberts Famous Florentine Recipe

(You can substitute the fruit and nuts with more interesting options as you experiment)

Cream brown sugar (2 tablespoons) and butter (150grams)

Instead of this butter-sugar mix you can substitute 2 tablespoons of honey, one egg and a dash of lemon juice!  (Use your nicest favourite flavour ...manuka, rata...)

Mix together:

1 cup finely chopped nuts (almonds, brazils, walnuts etc)

1 cup sultanas/currants

60g red glace cherries

1 cup peel/dried apricots/ figs etc

Stir honey egg mix (or butter sugar) into the chopped nuts and fruit to form a gooey sticky mix

Pre-heat oven to 180 deg C

Line oven trays with baking paper

Spoon mix onto trays, flatten slightly with hot wet hands (to stop sticking) and bake 8 minutes or until lightly golden and edges turning brown

Slide baking paper with Florentines from hot tray and leave to cool

Melt dark choc (Whittakers Dark Ghana or Dark Orange) and spread over top of Florentines

Best set and stored in refrigerator until served. (get rather sticky at room temperature..especially the honey-egg bassed ones...)

Enjoy :)

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