Florentines

• 5 ounces sugar
• 5 ounces butter
• 1 1/2 ounces honey
• 1 3/4 ounces whipping cream
• 6 ounces almonds, finely chopped
• 1 -ounce candied orange rind, chopped
• 3/4 -ounce bread flour
• 1/2 -ounce vanilla
• 1/4 -ounce salt
• Pastry cream, optional, see Cook's Note*
• Melted Chocolate, optional, see Cook's Note*

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Combine the sugar, butter, honey, and whipping cream in a saucepan.
3. Bring ingredients to a boil.
4. Remove from heat and add the almonds, candied orange rind, bread flour, vanilla, and salt.
5. Mix all ingredients.
6. Spoon mixture by tablespoons, 3 inches apart, onto a greased or paper-lined pan.
7. Bake for 10 minutes.
8. Roll cooled Florentines into desired shapes.
9. *Cooks Note: Chef Rosier suggests filling Florentines with pastry cream and dipping the tips in chocolate.
10. This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant.
11. The FN chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.

sugar, butter, honey, whipping cream, almonds, orange rind, bread flour, vanilla, salt, pastry cream, chocolate

Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/florentines-recipe.html (may not work)