Almond tuiles
These delicious little biscuits ("tiles" in French) get their crunch and lightness from the use of flaked almonds rather than ground.
It is not difficult to succeed, you just need to work fast after taking them out of the oven.
It is not difficult to succeed, you just need to work fast after taking them out of the oven.
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Last modified on: August 21th 2019
For 30 tuiles, you will need:
- 1
20 g butter - 2
100 g flaked almonds - 3
75 g caster sugar - 4
15 g flour - 5
60 g egg white - 6
5 tablespoons milk - Total weight: 345 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
Keeping: 1 or 2 days in a closed metal box.
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 min. | 30 min. | 18 min. | 1 hour 18 min. |
At what time?
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at a certain time?
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 3 min.
Stage 2 - 2 min.
In a bowl mix 100 g flaked almonds, 75 g caster sugar and 15 g flour.
Stage 3 - 30 min.
Add melted butter and 60 g egg white, mix well, then refrigerate for approximately 30 minutes.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
Shaping tuiles
Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).
Put a cooking parchment on a baking sheet, deposit small heaps of mixture, approximately the size of a 2 € (or £2) coin.
They should not be too close together because they will spread out flat.
Stage 5
With a fork dipped in milk, flatten each heap of mixture carefully.
The more your future tuile is flattened, the crisper and thinner it will be after cooking.
The more your future tuile is flattened, the crisper and thinner it will be after cooking.
Stage 6
Don't worry if you have some "holes" in the middle of tuiles, they won't show after cooking.
Stage 7 - 15 min.
If you prefer regular shape, still using the fork dipped in milk, even up the edges of your future tuiles.
Stage 8 - 15 min.
Baking
Do this with all the small heaps.And cook in the oven for 10/15 minutes.
Watch carefully for colouration, especially towards the end of cooking time. The ideal tuile is (according to some) brown around the edge, and still quite pale in the middle.
Stage 9 - 5 min.
As soon as the tuiles are cooked, you need to remove the baking sheet from the oven as quickly as possible, because hot the tuiles are still soft and easy to handle. But as soon as they cool, they harden and become brittle. So as quickly as possible, remove tuiles from paper using a palette-knife, and place them on a rack to cool.
If you wait too long, they will cool on the paper and stick to it firmly, and then will inevitably break when you try to separate them, which would be a pity...
If you wait too long, they will cool on the paper and stick to it firmly, and then will inevitably break when you try to separate them, which would be a pity...
Stage 10
Wait until they have cooled and become very crisp before eating.
Stage 11 - 1 min.
Curved tuiles
If you want to have "professional" tuiles, i.e. evenly curved tuiles, as soon as they come off the paper you must mould them over something round like a glass, a baguette mould or even a proper tuile mould which is a kind of non-stick channel. The tuile (still hot) will mould under its own weight and set to this shape as it cools.
Stage 12 - 2 min.
Let cool before unmould, curved.
Remarks
The tuiles should be kept in an airtight tin, but unfortunately not for very long as they will go soft.
For the ideal tuile about which I spoke before, it is also a matter of taste, I am the only one at home to prefer them well cooked (no "white" in the middle), well browned and very crisp.
To serve an ice cream or a sorbet with a tuile stuck in the top is a very very good idea.
For the ideal tuile about which I spoke before, it is also a matter of taste, I am the only one at home to prefer them well cooked (no "white" in the middle), well browned and very crisp.
To serve an ice cream or a sorbet with a tuile stuck in the top is a very very good idea.
Nutritional information
How much will it cost?
- For 30 tuiles : 1.96 €
- Per tuiles : 0.07 €
Recipes that use this recipe: 1
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Source
After Gaston Lenôtre, and friendly dedicated to Séverine, Stéphnaie, Danielle and Claudie.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Flaked almonds: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Little apple turnovers with almonds and raisins, Cookies, Flaked almond tart, Paris-Brest, Brioche royale, ... All |
| Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Puits d'amour, Blackcurrant liqueur, Pear charlotte, Creamy plum and pear clafoutis, Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée), ... All |
| Egg white: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Oat financiers for Louise, Pistachio madeleines, Brioche royale, Royal icing, Amaretti, ... All |
| Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Layered Leek and Egg Gratin , How to prepare cockles, Sandwich bread, "BN style" chocolate-filled biscuits, Saltimbocca, ... All |
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