Tropical Florentines - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    2 oz glace ginger, finely chopped
    2 oz glace pineapple, finely chopped
    3 oz dried papaya, finely chopped
    3/4 cup desiccated coconut
    2 cups cornflakes, roughly crushed
    2/3 cup macadamia nuts, finely chopped
    3/4 cup condensed milk
    4 None passionfruits, pulp scooped out, strained, 1/3 cup juice reserved
    5 oz white chocolate
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F. Grease 2 baking trays and line with parchment paper.
    In a bowl, combine ginger, pineapple, papaya, coconut, cornflakes, macadamia nuts, condensed milk and 2 tbsp passionfruit juice. Drop rounded tablespoonfuls of mixture about 2 inches apart on prepared trays. Press down slightly. Bake for 12 mins then let cool on trays.
    Meanwhile, stir chocolate and remaining passionfruit juice in small, heatproof bowl set over a small saucepan of simmering water until smooth. Spread chocolate over flat side of each florentine and run a fork through it. Let set at room temperature.

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