Easy Chocolate Florentines | Sharon Hearne-Smith

hi foodtubers my name is sharon home

hi foodtubers my name is sharon home smith and i hold the secret to baking

smith and i hold the secret to baking

smith and i hold the secret to baking with a cheese in the oven right now I’m

with a cheese in the oven right now I’m

with a cheese in the oven right now I’m going to show you how to no bake my

going to show you how to no bake my

going to show you how to no bake my Florentine biscuits they’re really quick

Florentine biscuits they’re really quick

Florentine biscuits they’re really quick and easy to make they’re my favorite

and easy to make they’re my favorite

and easy to make they’re my favorite festive treat they’re great as edible

festive treat they’re great as edible

festive treat they’re great as edible gifts and the best bit is that they’re

gifts and the best bit is that they’re

gifts and the best bit is that they’re really chocolatey so start off this one

really chocolatey so start off this one

really chocolatey so start off this one pan wander I’m going to pop some butter

pan wander I’m going to pop some butter

pan wander I’m going to pop some butter into my pan I have some caster sugar

into my pan I have some caster sugar

into my pan I have some caster sugar some yummy soft light brown sugar and

some yummy soft light brown sugar and

some yummy soft light brown sugar and this makes it really lovely and fudgy

this makes it really lovely and fudgy

this makes it really lovely and fudgy the top tip is to use a really high heat

the top tip is to use a really high heat

the top tip is to use a really high heat and if you have one a heavy-based pan

and if you have one a heavy-based pan

and if you have one a heavy-based pan but the heat is just really important to

but the heat is just really important to

but the heat is just really important to have it nice and high all of the time

have it nice and high all of the time

have it nice and high all of the time and just continue to stir it it just

and just continue to stir it it just

and just continue to stir it it just takes a little while so this is where

takes a little while so this is where

takes a little while so this is where when I first started working with sugar

when I first started working with sugar

when I first started working with sugar I used to freak out a little bit because

I used to freak out a little bit because

I used to freak out a little bit because I thought it had crystallized and it

I thought it had crystallized and it

I thought it had crystallized and it does look a bit crystallized on top now

does look a bit crystallized on top now

does look a bit crystallized on top now but actually just give it a really good

but actually just give it a really good

but actually just give it a really good stir and look at all that lovely color

stir and look at all that lovely color

stir and look at all that lovely color coming through it’s going nice and

coming through it’s going nice and

coming through it’s going nice and golden a really rich color and that’s

golden a really rich color and that’s

golden a really rich color and that’s what’s going to give the biscuits their

what’s going to give the biscuits their

what’s going to give the biscuits their lovely color so then first ingredient is

lovely color so then first ingredient is

lovely color so then first ingredient is going to go in on top of that now which

going to go in on top of that now which

going to go in on top of that now which is creme fraiche keep it on the high

is creme fraiche keep it on the high

is creme fraiche keep it on the high heat once it’s settle down from spitting

heat once it’s settle down from spitting

heat once it’s settle down from spitting and keep stirring it and it will come

and keep stirring it and it will come

and keep stirring it and it will come good in a couple of minutes now for the

good in a couple of minutes now for the

good in a couple of minutes now for the next lot of ingredients I’ve got some

next lot of ingredients I’ve got some

next lot of ingredients I’ve got some bicarb of soda it’s a little bit of that

bicarb of soda it’s a little bit of that

bicarb of soda it’s a little bit of that and that reacts with the creme fraiche

and that reacts with the creme fraiche

and that reacts with the creme fraiche the acid from the creme fraiche that

the acid from the creme fraiche that

the acid from the creme fraiche that we’ve just put in and it just volumizes

we’ve just put in and it just volumizes

we’ve just put in and it just volumizes the mixture a little bit and then a

the mixture a little bit and then a

the mixture a little bit and then a little dash of vanilla extract for a

little dash of vanilla extract for a

little dash of vanilla extract for a yummy flavor of course and now we’re

yummy flavor of course and now we’re

yummy flavor of course and now we’re ready for all these yummy nuts and

ready for all these yummy nuts and

ready for all these yummy nuts and fruits so just gonna tip in all of the

fruits so just gonna tip in all of the

fruits so just gonna tip in all of the flaked almonds these delicious

flaked almonds these delicious

flaked almonds these delicious cranberries and some yummy mixed peel

cranberries and some yummy mixed peel

cranberries and some yummy mixed peel and not forgetting my favorite

and not forgetting my favorite

and not forgetting my favorite ingredients the stem ginger so just

ingredients the stem ginger so just

ingredients the stem ginger so just really simply give everything a really

really simply give everything a really

really simply give everything a really good stir up you see the weight will

good stir up you see the weight will

good stir up you see the weight will start to clump together these are going

start to clump together these are going

start to clump together these are going to make our kind of clumps for biscuits

to make our kind of clumps for biscuits

to make our kind of clumps for biscuits now it’s looking nice and moist and

now it’s looking nice and moist and

now it’s looking nice and moist and nutty and fruity and can you see that

nutty and fruity and can you see that

nutty and fruity and can you see that really rich color it is perfect to pop

really rich color it is perfect to pop

really rich color it is perfect to pop onto our sheet now so here we go so just

onto our sheet now so here we go so just

onto our sheet now so here we go so just get two spoons I like to leave it on a

get two spoons I like to leave it on a

get two spoons I like to leave it on a low heat so that it stays nice and

low heat so that it stays nice and

low heat so that it stays nice and sticky just kind of work as quickly as

sticky just kind of work as quickly as

sticky just kind of work as quickly as you can with two tablespoons and pop it

you can with two tablespoons and pop it

you can with two tablespoons and pop it on the nonstick sheet or nonstick

on the nonstick sheet or nonstick

on the nonstick sheet or nonstick parchment paper and in little kind of

parchment paper and in little kind of

parchment paper and in little kind of clumps and then flatten them down to

clumps and then flatten them down to

clumps and then flatten them down to make little biscuits

make little biscuits

make little biscuits okay so just pop all this goods out

okay so just pop all this goods out

okay so just pop all this goods out there there’s all our biscuits I just

there there’s all our biscuits I just

there there’s all our biscuits I just turn off the heat so like I said doesn’t

turn off the heat so like I said doesn’t

turn off the heat so like I said doesn’t need to wait for them to cool down a

need to wait for them to cool down a

need to wait for them to cool down a little bit and then I’m going to pop

little bit and then I’m going to pop

little bit and then I’m going to pop them in the fridge and then we’ll come

them in the fridge and then we’ll come

them in the fridge and then we’ll come back to them so here I have my set

back to them so here I have my set

back to them so here I have my set Florentine biscuits not in the oven in

Florentine biscuits not in the oven in

Florentine biscuits not in the oven in the fridge have a little listen does

the fridge have a little listen does

the fridge have a little listen does this end nice and crunchy and look at

this end nice and crunchy and look at

this end nice and crunchy and look at all those yummy and shiny nuts and dried

all those yummy and shiny nuts and dried

all those yummy and shiny nuts and dried fruits I can’t wait to eat them but not

fruits I can’t wait to eat them but not

fruits I can’t wait to eat them but not without adding a bit of chocolate so

without adding a bit of chocolate so

without adding a bit of chocolate so just melt it down some chocolate in the

just melt it down some chocolate in the

just melt it down some chocolate in the microwave so it’s nice and gooey and

microwave so it’s nice and gooey and

microwave so it’s nice and gooey and I’ve used dark chocolate you can use

I’ve used dark chocolate you can use

I’ve used dark chocolate you can use milk if you like or white chocolate but

milk if you like or white chocolate but

milk if you like or white chocolate but I just like the business of the dark

I just like the business of the dark

I just like the business of the dark with the sweetness of the biscuit so

with the sweetness of the biscuit so

with the sweetness of the biscuit so give it a little squeeze out and then

give it a little squeeze out and then

give it a little squeeze out and then pop it on the tray and squidge it down

okay so there they are all nice and

okay so there they are all nice and squidgy and chocolatey while they’re

squidgy and chocolatey while they’re

squidgy and chocolatey while they’re just setting on the cold tray let me

just setting on the cold tray let me

just setting on the cold tray let me just show you some little ideas if you

just show you some little ideas if you

just show you some little ideas if you do want to part with them I’m not sure

do want to part with them I’m not sure

do want to part with them I’m not sure that I can but you can package them up

that I can but you can package them up

that I can but you can package them up and really nice little gift boxes and

and really nice little gift boxes and

and really nice little gift boxes and look at these little guys I just made

look at these little guys I just made

look at these little guys I just made some slightly smaller ones I still have

some slightly smaller ones I still have

some slightly smaller ones I still have the dark chocolate look at all set

the dark chocolate look at all set

the dark chocolate look at all set lovely on the bottom and then I just

lovely on the bottom and then I just

lovely on the bottom and then I just drizzled some white chocolate across the

drizzled some white chocolate across the

drizzled some white chocolate across the top and it just makes it a bit more

top and it just makes it a bit more

top and it just makes it a bit more festive and snowy and Christmassy I

festive and snowy and Christmassy I

festive and snowy and Christmassy I think cute and then these are the kind

think cute and then these are the kind

think cute and then these are the kind of bigger regular ones again just in a

of bigger regular ones again just in a

of bigger regular ones again just in a nice box of paper and look at this

nice box of paper and look at this

nice box of paper and look at this little guy you could be teachers pata

little guy you could be teachers pata

little guy you could be teachers pata Christmastime and do little parcel for

Christmastime and do little parcel for

Christmastime and do little parcel for the teacher or your favorite friends if

the teacher or your favorite friends if

the teacher or your favorite friends if you want to make your own Florentine

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combinations that you made and how you how you get on with the sugar work and

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how they taste it and whether you gave them away as gifts or ate them yourself

them away as gifts or ate them yourself

them away as gifts or ate them yourself so onto the subject this one is for me

mmm crispy nutty gooey mmm hang on

mmm crispy nutty gooey mmm hang on bitter ginger mmm and a bite from the

bitter ginger mmm and a bite from the

bitter ginger mmm and a bite from the ginger perfect mmm my perfect no baked

ginger perfect mmm my perfect no baked

ginger perfect mmm my perfect no baked Florentines

Florentines

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