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What makes a Florentine a Florentine? ›

Florentine or à la Florentine is a term from classic French cuisine that refers to dishes that typically include a base of cooked spinach, a protein component and Mornay sauce. Chicken Florentine is the most popular version.

A Florentine biscuit (or simply, a Florentine) is a sweet biscuit of nuts and fruit.

First, you've got a choice between lacy and nutty. Lacy florentines contain flour – they're more like a traditional biscuit. The latter forgo the flour completely.

But above all Florentine: steak has made a pact with the city. It is Florence's most famous dish in the world even though the name has English origins.

That is until the period between April 2001 and December 2005. In the wake of the outbreak of Mad Cow Disease, the EU banned the sale of the Bistecca alla Fiorentina, prohibiting cuts from cows over 12 months old (the Fiorentinacomes from cows of around 18 months) and which had the bone still attached.

Specifically, a dish prepared à la Florentine will feature some main ingredient, such as eggs, poultry or fish, served on a bed of spinach which has been cooked in butter, then topped with Mornay sauce and grated cheese, and finally browned under the broiler.

You might be a classic chewy cookie type of person (myself included), and that's totally OK. However, if you're a toffee candy and chocolate fan, you'll thoroughly enjoy these thin and crunchy Florentine cookies. So, after you've had your crisp, buttery cookie fix, continue baking more of your favorite cookie recipes.

Freshly made and completely cold, stored in an airtight container they should be good for up to a month.

: of or relating to Florence, Italy.

Florence is known and loved for its rich culinary traditions. However, some people believe that Florentines actually originated in France. The name was perhaps in honour of Queen Catherine de Medici who took to the French throne in 1547 but was born in Florence.

Why are Florentines so expensive? ›

The ingredients of the Florentine are rare, more expensive and much more sought after than those of an almond biscuit. Thus, the nougatine costs up to 30% more expensive than a cookie dough made from flour. Honey, a precious ingredient, and fresh cream, delicate and fragile, complete the recipe.

The early Mannerists in Florence, especially the students of Andrea del Sarto such as Jacopo da Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino, are notable for elongated forms, precariously balanced poses, a collapsed perspective, irrational settings, and theatrical lighting.