When the school year was finished my daughter moaned that she didn't want to be on holiday. When the holiday was finished she moaned that she didn't want to go back to school. It is difficult to please young people. It is good that at least my little son is distinctly happy starting school. Maybe because for the first time he will cross the doorstep of the school and he doesn't know what he should anticipate.

I wanted to sugar the pill of the school year starting, so I prepared some almond-orange cookies in chocolate. My effort was appreciated. Spanish cookies suggestive of florentynki (in Poland, cookies with nuts, almonds and honey) are crunchy, and the orange aroma is clearly discernible. Chocolate, almonds and orange are definitely a perfect trio.

The recipe comes from the Lidl cookery book.

Ingredients:
3 oranges
150g of sugar
250g of almonds cut into pieces
200g of milk chocolate

Scrub the oranges well and remove the peel with a special knife. Squeeze out the juice. Put the peel, juice and sugar into a pan, stir and boil for 20 minutes on a low heat. Remove the peel and put it on a kitchen towel to dry.

Heat the oven up to 160C. Add the almonds to the orange cordial and boil for 5 minutes. Cover a baking sheet with some baking paper and put the almonds onto it (without the cordial). Bake until the almonds are slightly golden, stirring from time to time. Cool the almonds down and if they are clumped together, crumble them. Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie and mix it in with the almonds and orange peel. Arrange a bit of chocolate mass on some baking paper. Leave in the fridge to harden.

Enjoy your meal!