Tuile Decorating Paste

This versatile decorating paste can be formed or made into almost any shape you like. Tuile decorating paste consists of only four ingredients, used in equal weights. Due to the gluten in the flour, the shapes may shrink just a little during baking, but they will do so evenly all around, so provided this is taken into consideration in cases where it will matter, the shrinkage does not cause a problem. The apparent solution to avoiding or reducing shrinkage would be to reduce the gluten strength of the flour, but this is not a viable option because by doing so, the baked pieces would become too fragile. Take care not to overmix the batter once the flour has been incorporated to avoid developing the gluten any more than necessary.