A florentientje is a crispy almond cookie, with a sweet cream and a thin layer of white chocolate over it. Bakker Danny made a national brand of a regional product from Zwevezele. The recipe for the perfect Florentje was a long -term work. Danny Steenhuyse: “The big secret is in small things. Baking and storing the cookie. The cream that I have given a special shade. The processing. They are all small things. Of course I will not explain that.”
Now 1.8 million florentines fly out the door every year. The Dutch also discovered the Zwevezeel delicacy. And the royal family is also a customer. “Princess Elisabeth goes behind Florentienjes every week. Mathilde will also eat it. And Laurent, I don’t know. I have not heard of that anymore. But we know that there are sweets living in Laeken.”