# Tuile

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{{short description|French wafer}}
{{Infobox prepared food
| name             = Tuiles
| image            = File:Creme caramel with tuile (3294730477).jpg
| caption          = A tuile arced over a [creme caramel](/source/creme_caramel) dessert
| alt = A tuile arced over a [creme caramel](/source/creme_caramel) dessert
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| country          = [France](/source/France)
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| type             = [Cookie](/source/Cookie) or [wafer](/source/wafer)
| served           = 
| main_ingredient  = [White sugar](/source/White_sugar), [flour](/source/flour), [butter](/source/butter)
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A '''tuile''' ({{IPAc-en|t|w|iː|l}}) is a baked [wafer](/source/wafer), French in origin, generally arced in shape, that is made most often from dough (but also possibly from cheese), often served as an accompaniment of other dishes.<ref>Biró, Marcel, and Shannon Kring. ''Biró: European-Inspired Cuisine''. Gibbs Smith, 2005. 114. Print.</ref> ''Tuile'' is the French word for [tile](/source/tile), after the shape of [roof tiles](/source/roof_tiles) that the arced baked good most often resembles.<ref>Boulud, Daniel, and Dorie Greenspan. ''Daniel Boulud's Café Boulud cookbook: French-American recipes for the home cook''. Scribner, 1999. 165. Print.</ref> Tuiles are commonly added as [garnish](/source/garnish_(food))es to desserts such as [panna cotta](/source/panna_cotta) or used as edible cups for [sorbet](/source/sorbet) or [ice cream](/source/ice_cream).<ref>W., Carol, Erik Tieze, and Glenn Humphry. ''Creating Chefs: A Journey Through Culinary School with Recipes and Lessons''. Lyons Press, 2005. 228. Print.</ref>

==Preparation==
Tuiles are thin cookies named for and curved like the ''tuiles'', or tiles, that line the rooftops of French country homes, particularly those in [Provence](/source/Provence).<ref>Greenspan, Dorie, and Alan Richardson. ''Baking: From My Home to Yours''. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006. 173. Print.</ref> To get a curved shape, tuiles are usually made on a curved surface, such as a wine bottle or [rolling pin](/source/rolling_pin).<ref>McCarty, Michael, Judith Choate, Liz Smith, and Steve Pool. ''Welcome to Michael's: Great Food, Great People, Great Party!''. Little Brown & Co, 2007. Print.</ref> In France, tuile molds are also sold. Tuiles must be curved while hot; otherwise, they will crack and break.<ref>Luchetti, Emily, and Sheri Giblin. ''Classic Stars Desserts: Favorite Recipes by Emily Luchetti''. Chronicle Books Llc, 2007. 129. Print.</ref> Tuiles can also be left flat after baking or shaped into cones or cups.

The traditional tuile batter consists of [white sugar](/source/white_sugar), flour, melted [butter](/source/butter), and sometimes [egg whites](/source/egg_whites). Modern variants include a wide variety of bases and flavours, such as [vanilla](/source/vanilla_extract), [cocoa](/source/Cocoa_powder), [almond](/source/almond_extract), [orange](/source/orange_juice), or [honey](/source/honey).

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Fois gras with tuile (7074475925).jpg|A simple bread tuile served with [foie gras](/source/foie_gras).
File:French toast with bacon ice cream.jpg|A cinnamon tuile over [French toast](/source/French_toast) and [bacon ice cream](/source/bacon_ice_cream).
File:Ginger Panna Cotta with Honey Tuiles.jpg|A honey tuile over cups containing a sweetened cream, ginger [panna cotta](/source/panna_cotta).
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:French pastries

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