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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