Almond Tuiles

Preparation info
  • Makes: about

    30

    biscuits
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      10 min

Appears in
Cakes

By Geraldene Holt

Published 2011

  • About

These light, crisp biscuits, curved like Provençal tiles, can be served on their own or to accompany delicate summer desserts such as syllabub and chilled creams.

Ingredients

  • 60 g / 2 oz butter
  • 2 egg whites
  • 120

Method

Melt the butter in a pan and set aside in a warm place. Whisk the egg whites until foamy but not dry. Add half the sugar and whisk again, repeat with the rest of the sugar. Fold in the sieved flour and the melted butter with the almonds. Place teaspoonfuls of the mixture on the prepared baking sheet, allowing plenty of room for the biscuits to spread. Make the biscuits in batches unless you hav