Almond Tuiles Recipes

FRENCH ALMOND WAFERS (TUILES)

Steps:

• Beat egg whites in bowl at medium speed until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in sugar, almond extract and salt until smooth. Gradually beat in flour until smooth. Continue beating, adding 1 tablespoon butter at a time, until batter is smooth and well mixed. Cover; refrigerate 20 minutes.
• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Drop batter by teaspoonfuls at least 3 inches apart onto greased cookie sheets. Spread batter, using spatula and working in a circular motion, into 1 1/2-inch circles; sprinkle immediately with almonds. Bake 6-8 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
• Remove cookies from oven. Immediately press cookies over rolling pin or 12-ounce beverage can to form curved shape. Let cookies set until well formed and cooled slightly. Cool completely.

ALMOND TUILES

Steps:

• Before starting this Almond Tuiles recipe, make sure you have organised all the necessary ingredients.
• Place the egg whites in a mixing bowl.
• Add the castor sugar, a pinch of salt...
• ... and flour.
• Combine well with a whisk.
• Add the melted butter. Combine again.
• Add the flaked almonds.
• Combine with an Exoglass spatula.
• Slightly grease a baking sheet. Prefer the use of an oil spray, which makes the greasing process quicker and the release from moulds easier.
• Scoop the mixture with a teaspoon and place on the baking sheet.
• Dip a fork in cold milk...
• ... and use it to spread the mixture in a round shape. This will prevent the mixture from sticking to the fork.
• Bake at 180°C (gas 4)...
• ... until golden.
• Depending on the oven, one side might cook quicker than the other. In that case, the tuiles that are cooked first should be removed with a spatula.
• With the golden side facing down, line the tuiles in a tuile curving mould...
• ... or shape them using a rolling pin, a bottle or any item with a curved shape.
• Tuiles stay soft while hot. They solidify and become brittle as they cool down. Tuiles are easy to keep in an airtight container. Enjoy with tea or coffee!

ALMOND OLIVE-OIL TUILES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F with rack in middle. Line a large baking sheet with liner.
• Whisk together all ingredients except sliced almonds until smooth.
• Spoon 2 teaspoons of batter for each cookie, 2 inches apart, on baking sheet (about 6 cookies). Using an offset spatula or the back of a small spoon, spread each into a 3-inch round. Sprinkle about 1 teaspoon sliced almonds on each cookie.
• Bake until pale golden, 7 to 9 minutes. Using a spatula, drape hot cookies over a rolling pin or empty wine bottle, pressing them gently to curl.
• Make more cookies in same manner on cooled baking sheet.

ALMOND TUILES

Steps:

• Place the egg white in a very clean bowl and whisk until stiff but not dry. Now beat in the sugar bit by bit and continue beating until the mixture forms soft peaks. When that happens, carefully fold in the rest of the ingredients except the almonds. Next drop 4 rounded teaspoons of the mixture evenly spaced out on one of the lined trays, then using a small palette knife spread the mixture thinly and evenly into discs about 10cm across. Don't worry about a small hole here and there - it doesn't matter at all. Sprinkle with the flaked almonds, then bake the biscuits near the centre of the oven for 4-5 minutes or until they have turned a nice golden colour with a fine brown fringe. While that's happening prepare the second tray so that you can exchange them. The cooked tuiles need to be quickly and carefully removed, one disc at a time, from the baking sheet, using a metal spatula. Curve each biscuit immediately over a rolling pin, and leave a few minutes until they are cool and crisp. Then remove them to a wire rack and cook the rest, continuing as above until all the mixture has been used up. As soon as the biscuits are cool, store straight away in an airtight tin to keep them crisp.

ALMOND TUILES

Steps:

• Put the cream and butter in a small saucepan and heat over medium heat until the butter melts.
• Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla.
• Put the almonds, sugar, flour and zest in a medium bowl and stir to mix thouroughly with a rubber spatula.
• add warm cream mixture and stir with spatula until batter is smooth.
• Cover the batter with plastic wrap and refrigerate until THOROUGHLY chilled and thickened- preferably overnight.
• The batter can be made ahead and refrigerated, wrapped airtight, for 4 days.
• Baking the Tuiles: Preheat the over to 325 degrees and place your oven rack in the middle or lower third of the oven.
• You will need a rolling pin, wine bottle or some other cylindrical object to form the tuiles.
• They can also be formed over the bottom of a cup to make a container for mousse or berries etc.
• Stir the chilled batter to remix.
• Drop batter onto a parchment or silpat lined sheetpan, allowing 1 teaspoon of batter for each tuile.
• Leave 2 inches between each one.
• There is no need to spread out the batter- it will spread itself.
• You can make these larger if you want, but will have to adjust baking times accordingly.
• Bake the tuiles for 5-8 minutes until they spread and turn honey brown.
• DO NOT LEAVE THE KITCHEN- the tuiles will go from almost done to overdone in a very short time.
• Remove sheetpan and allow to cool for about 30 seconds.
• Forming the Tuiles: slide the tuiles back and forth with your fingers or a spatula to release them.
• Pick them up one by one and lay on the rolling pin.
• Press lightly on the tuile with your hand to get a nice curved shape.
• The cookies will mold and cool in a few seconds, so you should remove the shaped cookies as soon as you need room on the rolling pin for more.
• If the tuiles become cool and hard to remove from the sheetpan, put them back in the oven for 1 minute and then continue.
• Repeat with the rest of the batter making sure that the sheetpans cool between batches.
• Decorating the tuiles: Scrape the melted chocolate into a parchment cone or plastic zip-lock bag.
• Snip the end making a tiny hole and pipe very thin lines across the tuiles.
• You can also use a fork dipped into the chocolate and then waved back and forth over the tuiles.
• Serve as soon as the chocolate sets.

ALMOND TUILES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or a Silpat (a French baking mat).
• In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine butter, sugar, and orange juice, stirring until the butter has completely melted. Remove from heat, and add the flour, almonds, and orange zest, whisking to combine.
• Place a heaping teaspoon of batter on prepared baking sheet, and flatten with the back of a spoon. Repeat to make about 6 cookies on each sheet, placing them about 4 inches apart.
• Bake one sheet at a time, rotating sheet once cookies have fully flattened, until cookies are golden, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Transfer baking sheet to a wire rack; let cool 20 seconds. Using a thin spatula, carefully lift tuiles; quickly drape over a rolling pin. Let stand until completely cooled and hardened.

ALMOND TUILES

Steps:

• Whisk the almond flour, salt and baking soda in a bowl. Beat the butter and sugar in a separate bowl with a mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and vanilla until smooth, then mix in the dry ingredients. Refrigerate the dough until firm, about 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with silicone mats or parchment paper. Drop heaping teaspoonfuls of dough about 3 inches apart on the prepared sheets. Bake until golden and crisp, about 8 minutes.
• Let the cookies cool about 2 minutes on the baking sheets. One at a time, gently lift each cookie with an offset spatula. Immediately wrap it around the handle of a wooden spoon to curl. Once it sets, slide the cookie off the handle and let cool on a rack. Repeat with the remaining dough, allowing the baking sheets to cool between batches. (Don't make too many cookies at once; they need to be shaped while still warm.) Serve with sorbet.

ALMOND TUILES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Coat a heavy baking sheet well with cooking spray or line with parchment paper.
• In a bowl whisk together ground almonds, flour, sugar, and salt and whisk in whites, butter, and almond extract until combined well. Drop rounded teaspoons batter about 4 inches apart onto baking sheet and with back of a spoon spread into 3 1/2-inch rounds. Sprinkle each cookie with about 1/2 tablespoon sliced almonds and bake in middle of oven 8 minutes, or until golden.
• Working quickly, remove cookies, 1 at a time, from baking sheet with a thin spatula and drape over a rolling pin to create a curved shape. (If the cookies become too brittle to form on the rolling pin, return baking sheet to oven a few seconds to allow cookies to soften.) Cool cookies completely on rolling pin and transfer to an airtight container. Make more cookies with remaining batter in same manner, spraying or lining baking sheet for each batch. Tuiles may be made 2 days ahead and kept in an airtight container at room temperature.