The best Florentiners

Ingredients

For the shortcrust dough:

• 175 g soft butter
• 100 g sugar
• 1 egg
• 300 g flour
• 1 pinch of salt
• 200g dark chocolate

For the topping:

• 175 g For the topping:
• 125 ml whipped cream
• 70 g sugar
• 30 g honey
• 30 g butter
• 200 g ground almonds / flaked almonds
• 2 tbsp almond kernels
• 100 g dark chocolate coating
• 200 g dried cranberries (chopped)

Procedure

1. Mix the dough ingredients together and knead until it is a firm dough and leave the dough to rest for 1 hour.
2. Roll out the dough very thinly and cut out round shapes. Bake for approx. 5 minutes at 180°C fan oven.
3. Melt the chocolate and coat the base of the cooled cookies with chocolate and leave to harden overnight (or for 2 hours in the fridge).
4. Heat the whipping cream, sugar, honey and butter in a saucepan, stirring constantly until the mixture caramelizes
5. dd the flaked almonds, mix well and cook for 3 minutes, stirring until the mixture begins to brown. Transfer to a bowl, stir in 2 tbsp almond kernels. Shape the mixture into mounds using 2 oiled teaspoons and place on the cookies. Leave to cool … and enjoy.