Recipe: Yummy Almond Tuiles

Almond Tuiles. Coat a heavy baking sheet well with cooking spray or line with parchment paper. Almond tuiles are thin crispy French cookies known for their distinctive curved shape, which is obtained by placing the tuiles on a rounded item, such as a rolling pin or a bottle of wine, as soon as they come out of the oven. These light and crispy tuile cookies are usually served with dessert or ice-cream, but I've got to admit that I love.

I do not plan to change the recipe but may add some hints from my own experiences. Orignal chef's comments: These are very simple fancy cookies to be served. When you look at these you'll probably think 'I can't be bothered', but they are unbelievably easy to make and are the most elegant biscuits to serve with fruit fools and ice creams. You can have Almond Tuiles using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Almond Tuiles

1. You need of INGREDIENTS for 5 Cookies.
2. Prepare 80 g of Sugar.
3. It's 40 g of Egg White.
4. You need 1 g of Vanilla Essence.
5. You need 125 g of Sliced Almonds.
6. It's 15 g of Melted Butter.
7. Prepare 10 g of Flour.

This recipe is from Delia's Cakes. The traditional name of this cookie is the French word for "tiles" because they are shaped like the curved terracotta roof tiles so prevalent along the Mediterranean. A delicate almond tuile biscuit go makes any dessert recipe look restaurant-standard. There all types of tuiles but one which seems to be the most appreciated is the classic almond tuile.

Almond Tuiles step by step

1. Operation Time / 15min Oven Temperature / 350F Baking Time / 12min.
2. Preheat oven to 350F..
3. Sift the flour and set aside until use..
4. Add the egg white, sugar and vanilla essence to a medium mixing bowl and whisk well..
5. Add the sliced almonds and mix well..
6. Microwave the butter until melted. Add to the mixture and mix well..
7. Add the flour and mix well..
8. Shape cookies by a spoon onto the baking sheet (see picture). Bake for 12 min or until the edges are golden..

Crisp and light and delicately almond scented, equally fitting on an elegant silver petit four platter as in a simple basket. Almond Tuiles Pronounced as tweel, Tuile means "roof tile" in French because it resembles the shape of French roof tile. A tuile is a thin, crisp, sweet wafer made from flour, sugar, melted butter and almonds. To obtain the curved shape, tuiles are usually draped on a curved surface such as a rolling pin, bottle or even the handle of a metal. Tuiles are traditionally made with normal flour, but as a gluten-free option I made these from almond flour, giving them such a beautiful refined nutty taste.