What is ice FLORENTINE? How is it made?

Ice Florentine is just like an ice cream sandwich. Place a scoop of ice cream on a Florentine, top with a second Florentine and sandwich together.

Florentines are a delicious mixture of toasted nuts and candied fruit that are coated with a sweet sticky mixture of honey and sugar and baked until golden brown and bubbly. The crowning touch is a layer of melted chocolate.

You may try this White Chocolate Ice Florentine recipe:

Ingredients:

• 70g butter

• 50g sugar

• 1Tbs golden syrup

• 50g dried apricots, finely chopped

• 20g mixed peel, finely chopped

• 50g flaked almonds, chopped

• 2Tbs dessicated coconut

• 40tsp flour, sifted

• pinch of salt

• 100g white chocolate, melted

• extra white chocolate, melted

• 500g vanilla ice cream

• silver bálls to sprinkle

Method:

Preheat the oven to 180ºC.

Line a baking tray with baking paper. Place the butter, sugar and golden syrup in a small pot over a low heat; stir to melt the butter and dissolve the sugar.

In a bowl, stir together the dry ingredients, add the melted butter mixture and stir to combine.

Place small dollops of the mixture onto the baking tray spaced well apart; bake for 8–10 minutes, remove from the oven and, with the back of a tablespoon, flatten into rounds. Allow to cool completely.

Spread the melted chocolate onto baking paper; allow to cool and when set, cut out stars with cookie cutters and set aside.

Turn Florentine rounds so the undersides face up; gently spread with a little of the extra melted chocolate and top with chocolate stars, then place chocolate side up on a cooling rack.

To assemble:

Place a scoop of vanilla ice cream on a Florentine, top with a second Florentine and sandwich together.

Serve immediately, decorated with a sprinkling of silver bálls. Enjoy!

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Tags: icefruitsice cream 
Friday, March 31 2017
Source: http://www.food24.com/Recipes/White-chocolate-Florentine-ice-cream-sandwiches-20150504