I decided to tinker with Mary’s recipe, I hope she forgives me and as I remember that the base of these classic biscuits is similar to Brandy Snaps and as I had some stem ginger in the fridge, (and because I am a ginger fiend) I added some ground ginger and some chopped stem ginger to my recipe, and used 55% dark chocolate for the chocolate coating too. BUT, the basic science of the recipe remains the same, with one other exception, I had no Demerara sugar, so I used soft brown sugar instead – but with great results as you can see from my photos. I think that in all baking projects the secret to better results is the preparation, such as the weighing and measuring of ingredients (something the contestants DON’T have to do) and lining baking trays and suchlike. This took me a good fifteen minutes, and I also like to have a big washing up bowl of hot, soapy water to hand, for sticky hands as well as regular washing up of all the bowls and pans used along the way….I am not a fan of adding my baking tools and tins to the dishwasher, especially as some of them are vintage and belonged to my mum or grandmothers. I set aside the afternoon on Thursday to make these, not a luxury the contestants have I know, but I didn’t want any distractions.
Last week’s Technical Challenge – Cherry Cake But, as the technical challenge was Mary Berry’s Florentines in this week’s show, today’s post and recipe is all about them………and my Mary Berry inspired version of them with a ginger kick.
I also loved the look of Richard’s Rosemary Seeded Crackers and Nancy’s Fennel and Rye Thins…….and, I can see myself trying out some of these recipes to accompany my weekly cheeseboard that we always have on Sunday, or after lunch for our Sunday tea. This week on The Great British Bake Off it was “Biscuit” week…….as in cookies, for my North American readers, and not scone type quick breads! The programme opened with a challenge to make one of my favourite types of biscuit, savoury biscuits, perfect to make WITH cheese and well as to SERVE with cheese too. There were some amazing looking bakes, from Norman’s Farthing Biscuits, which I know well, to Enwezor’s Pumpkin and Sunflower Seed Savoury Biscuits, there weren’t many savoury biscuits that the contestants baked that I didn’t like, being a “savoury head”. The Great British Bake Off: My Mary Berry Inspired Florentines Recipe with Stem Ginger
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