Coconut tuiles

Coconut tuiles

An elegant finishing touch for your dinner party dessert, from Gordon Ramsay

Difficulty and servings

For the keen cook

Makes 24

Preperation and cooking times

Ready in 1¼ hours, plus cooling time

Method

  1. Melt the butter, then leave until cool, but still runny. Preheat the oven to fan 160C/ conventional 180C/gas 4 and line a baking sheet with non-stick silicone.
  2. Whizz the coconut in a food processor until finely ground, but not powdery. Whizz in the icing sugar and flour, then the egg whites followed by the cooled butter - you should have a smooth, slightly runny paste. Scoop this out into a bowl.
  3. Put a teaspoon of the mixture on the silicone and spread with the back of a dessertspoon into a neat thin 7cm round. Alternatively, place a round stencil on the silicone and scrape the mixture flat in the hole with a palette knife. Shape 3-4 at a time, leaving space between.
  4. Bake in batches for 7 minutes each, until pale golden around the edges. Remove and scrape off on to a wire rack to cool. To shape, press each one over a rolling pin as it cools.
Try

Gordon's tip

For professional looking tuiles, make a stencil from the top of a plastic ice-cream carton. Cut off the rim and draw a perfect 7cm circle in the centre, then cut out the circle using a razorsharp craft knife or a scalpel. Discard the circle. The stencil with the hole in the middle can be used over and over again.

55 kcalories, protein 1g, carbohydrate 5g, fat 4 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 1g, salt 0.02 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2003.

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  • 30 January 2008

    J's Recipes rated and commented on this recipe

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    Very moreish and go brilliantly with the pineapple compote!

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Difficulty and servings

For the keen cook

Makes 24

Preperation and cooking times

Ready in 1¼ hours, plus cooling time

Ingredients

  • 50g unsalted butter
  • 85g desiccated coconut
  • 85g icing sugar , sifted
  • 25g plain flour
  • 2 medium egg whites
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