Cherry Tuiles Recipes

CHERRY TUILES

Steps:

• Place cherries in a small bowl, and add enough warm water to cover. Let stand until softened, about 20 minutes. Drain well, coarsely chop, and set aside.
• In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar, butter, corn syrup, and salt. Place over medium heat, and cook, stirring, until sugar is dissolved and butter is melted, about 5 minutes. Whisk in the flour. Fold in the cherries. Transfer to a small bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line baking sheets with Silpats (French nonstick baking mats); set aside.
• Remove dough from refrigerator. Roll into 3/4-inch balls, and place on prepared baking sheets about 2 inches apart. Press down lightly with palm of hand to flatten slightly.
• Bake, one baking sheet at a time, until golden brown, 7 to 9 minutes. Remove from oven, and let cool for about 10 seconds. Use a small offset spatula to remove one cookie from baking sheet. Wrap around a cannoli mold or the handle of a wooden spoon, to create a tube. Repeat with remaining cookies. The cookies need to be warm to shape; if they get cold, return them to the oven briefly until they are pliable.

CHERRY TUILES

Steps:

• Put your cherries in a small bowl and add warm water to cover. Let stand until softened, about 20 minutes. Drain and chop coarsely.
• Heat brown sugar, butter, corn syrup, ans salt in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring, until sugar dissolves and butter melts, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Whisk in flour, then fold in the cherries. Transfer to a small bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Chill 1 hour until firm.
• Preheat oven to 375. Roll dough into 3/4 inch balls and place on baking sheets lined with parchment paper about 2 inches apart. Flatten slightly.
• Bake cookies about 7 minutes until golden brown.
• Let cool on sheets about 10 seconds, then remove cookies with a spatula, then drape over a cannoli mold, narrow rolling pin, or wooden spoon handle to shape. Remove to wire rack to cool completely. If your cookies become too cool before you can shape them you can return them to the oven for about a minute to get them pliable again.

TUILES

Steps:

• In an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter at medium speed until creamy, about 30 seconds. Add the confectioners' sugar and flour and mix until combined. Add the egg whites one at a time, beating after each addition just until well blended, about 1 minute in all. Refrigerate the batter for 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Have a rolling pin at hand. Spray a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray or line it with parchment paper.
• Spoon 2 teaspoons of the batter onto the baking sheet and with a small, offset metal spatula, spread it evenly into a 3-inch circle. Repeat to form more tuiles, baking only 6 to 8 at a time. Refrigerate the remaining batter while you bake the tuiles.
• Bake the tuiles for 4 to 6 minutes, until lightly browned around the edges. Remove from the oven and immediately shape the tuiles, lifting up each one with a metal spatula and draping it over the rolling pin so it curves, just until set. Repeat with the remaining batter. Store the tuiles in a cool dry place in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

GREEN TEA PANNA COTTA WITH SWEET ADZUKI SAUCE CHERRY BLOSSOM JAM AND TUILES

Steps:

• For the panna cotta, stir together the green tea and gelatin and set aside briefly. Combine milk and cream in a saucepan over medium heat and whisk in sugar. Heat to boiling and remove from heat. Add vanilla and gelatin/tea mixture and stir until sugar and gelatin are completely dissolved. Pour into the custard cups and refrigerate at least 4 hours until gelatin sets up completely.
• Heat adzuki beans and sugar over medium heat stirring to dissolve sugar. Allow to cool and puree in a blender with canola oil. Strain into a bowl and set aside until needed.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line 1 baking sheet with a silicone baking mat and lay rice wrapper squares on mat. Top with another silicone baking mat and a second baking sheet as a weight. Bake for 15 minutes, then remove the baking sheet and top silicone mat and allow to further bake until brown, about 3 more minutes. Remove from mat with a thin spatula and allow to cool completely.
• Sift powdered sugar over the tuiles. Spoon some sauce into the center of a dessert plate. Invert the custard from the mold into the center of the sauce. Slide 2 tuiles horizontally into the custard 1 on each side. Top custard with 1 cherry blossom. Serve with hot cherry blossom tea.

CHERRY SHERBET IN TUILE BOWLS

Steps:

• Prepare an ice-water bath; set aside. Stir together 2/3 cup sugar and 2/3 cup water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Transfer syrup immediately to a medium bowl. Place bowl in ice-water bath, being careful not to let water reach rim of bowl. Let syrup cool completely, stirring frequently.
• Whisk together creme fraiche, heavy cream, milk, salt, and the syrup in a large bowl. Transfer to freezer; let set, whisking mixture vigorously for 2 minutes every 30 minutes, until sherbet is the consistency of whipped cream and whisk leaves a trail, 3 to 4 hours.
• Meanwhile, put cherries, remaining 1/3 cup sugar, and the lemon juice in a large skillet. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until cherries begin to break down and juice has thickened, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a medium bowl. Let mixture stand at room temperature until it has cooled completely.
• Gently fold cherry mixture into sherbet until just combined (juices should leave streaks). Cover surface of sherbet with parchment paper and freeze in bowl until set, 4 to 8 hours.
• If making a day ahead, transfer sherbet to an airtight container, and place a piece of parchment paper directly onto surface of sherbet. Cover tightly. Let stand at room temperature until slightly softened, about 5 minutes. Scoop sherbet into tuile bowls, and serve.

CHERRY SHERBET IN TUILE BOWLS

Steps:

• Prepare an ice-water bath; set aside. Stir together 2/3 cup sugar and 2/3 cup water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Transfer the syrup immediately to a medium bowl. Place the bowl in the ice-water bath, being careful not to let the water reach the rim of the bowl. Let the syrup cool completely, stirring frequently.
• Whisk together the crème fraîche, heavy cream, milk, salt, and syrup in a large bowl. Transfer to the freezer; let set, whisking mixture vigorously for 2 minutes every 30 minutes, until the sherbet is the consistency of whipped cream and the whisk leaves a trail, 3 to 4 hours.
• Meanwhile, put the cherries, remaining 1/3 cup sugar, and lemon juice in a large skillet. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until the cherries begin to break down and the juice has thickened, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a medium bowl. Let the mixture stand at room temperature until it has cooled completely.
• Gently fold the cherry mixture into the sherbet until just combined (the juices should leave streaks). Cover the surface of the sherbet with parchment paper and freeze in the bowl until set, 4 to 8 hours.
• If making a day ahead, transfer the sherbet to an airtight container, and place a piece of parchment paper directly onto the surface of the sherbet. Cover tightly. Before serving, let stand at room temperature until slightly softened, about 5 minutes. Scoop the sherbet into tuile bowls, and serve.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F, with a rack in the middle. Put the butter and brown sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Mix in the egg whites, one at a time. Mix in the flour, salt, and vanilla.
• Line a baking sheet with a Silpat baking mat or parchment paper. Spoon 2 tablespoons batter onto the baking mat. Using an offset spatula, spread the batter into a 7-inch circle, with the edges slightly thicker than the center. Repeat, making a second circle on the mat.
• Bake, rotating the sheet halfway through, until the edges of the cookies turn golden, about 9 minutes. Using a small spatula, immediately transfer 1 cookie to a small bowl (about 5 1/2 inches in diameter and 3 inches deep). Gently mold the warm cookie to the shape of the bowl, pressing the bottom down to flatten. Let stand in the bowl 30 seconds; remove. Repeat with the remaining cookie. If the cookies become too cool to shape, return them to oven for 20 seconds. Repeat, baking the remaining batter and forming it into bowls. If using just 1 baking sheet, let it cool before spreading the next batch of batter onto it.

CHERRY TUILES

Steps:

• Put cherries in a small bowl, and add warm water to cover. Let stand until softened, about 20 minutes. Drain and coarsely chop cherries.
• Heat brown sugar, butter, corn syrup, and salt in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring, until sugar dissolves and butter melts, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Whisk in flour. Fold in cherries. Transfer to a small bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Chill until firm, about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 375°F. Roll dough into 3/4-inch balls; space about 2 inches apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Flatten slightly. Bake cookies, one baking sheet at a time, until golden brown, about 7 minutes. Let cool on sheet on a wire rack for about 10 seconds.
• Using a small offset spatula, remove cookies one at a time and wrap around a cannoli mold or a 1 1/2-inch rolling pin until set. Transfer to a wire rack. Tuiles need to be warm to shape; if they get cold, return them to the oven briefly until they are pliable. Cookies can be stored in a single layer in airtight containers at room temperature up to 2 days.