Tropical Florentines

Name: Tropical Florentines
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 28 grams 25g clear honey; 99 grams 100g dark chocolate, broken into pieces; 99 grams 100g dried mango, chopped; 50 grams 50g light muscovado sugar; 99 grams 100g pecans, chopped; 28 grams 25g plain flour; 50 grams 50g unsalted butter, cut into pieces

Tropical Florentines might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 194 calories, 2g of protein, and 13g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 12. If you have clear honey, chocolate, muscovado sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 40 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Melt the butter, sugar, and honey together in a saucepan set over a low heat, stirring occasionally.

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Butter

Honey

Sugar

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Remove from the heat and stir in the flour, mango and pecans.

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Pecans

All Purpose Flour

Mango

Mix until smooth.

Drop dessertspoonfuls of the mixture, quite widely spaced, onto baking sheets lined with nonstick baking paper.

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Baking Paper

Spread into thinnish rounds using the back of a spoon, leaving space for them to spread.

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Spread

Bake for 10 - 12 minutes, ensuring the biscuits do not burn. Cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes, then use a palette knife to carefully transfer the biscuits to a wire rack. Leave to cool completely.

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Biscuits

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Palette Knife

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Wire Rack

Oven

Meanwhile, melt the chocolate in a bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water, ensuring that the bottom of the bowl doesn’t touch the water. When the florentines are cool, dip each one into the melted chocolate to half cover. Leave to set on a tray lined with nonstick baking paper (you can get them to set quickly by putting the biscuits in the refrigerator for 30 minutes).

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Florentine Cookie