Festive florentines

Name: Festive florentines
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Makes 30
Ingredients: 50g unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing; 75g dried cranberries; 75g mixed peel; 150g golden caster sugar; 1 heaped tablespoon plain flour; 150ml double cream; 100g flaked almonds; 40g sunflower seeds; 40g sesame seeds; 200g quality dark chocolate (70%)

Cranberries, almonds, candied peel, seeds & chocolate

Vegetarian

50 mins plus cooling

Not Too Tricky

makes 30

About the recipe

Florentines are a joy to make and a joy to eat, and are really open to all kinds of festive flavours, so mix up the dried fruit, nuts and seeds to embrace your favourites. They’re the perfect gift, but are also good gifted to yourself with a cup of tea.

Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook, p296

nutrition per serving

Calories

Fat

15%

Saturates

25%

Sugars

10%

Salt

Protein

Carbs

Fibre

of an adult’s reference intake

Recipe From

Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook

By Jamie Oliver

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Ingredients

50g unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing

75g dried cranberries

75g mixed peel

150g golden caster sugar

1 heaped tablespoon plain flour

150ml double cream

100g flaked almonds

40g sunflower seeds

40g sesame seeds

200g quality dark chocolate (70%)

Method

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For the full recipe, head to page 296 of Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook.

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