This month's challenge is brought to us by Karen of Bake My Day and Zorra of 1x umruehren bitte aka Kochtopf. They have chosen Tuiles from The Chocolate Book by Angélique Schmeink and Nougatine and Chocolate Tuiles from Michel Roux.
I must say that I was a bit disappointed with our performance this month... I first had Steven try his hand at making these and, taking his inspiration from the butterflies suggested by the recipe itself, attempted to make angels, but the recipe wasn't conducive for the detail he was looking for beacuse the batter spreads so much during baking... But the cookie itself tasted really good... Unfortunately, no pictures of it...
Time passes, and we get busy with orders, but the challenge must be met again... This time I try my hand at it... I decided to go the simple route and just pipe circles... A couple of frustrations I had were 1) I didn't know how big the circles should be and 2) the greasing of the parchment paper (I couldn't get the batter to spread out with my offset since the batter just moved around the paper) and 3) I didn't know what the final outcome was supposed to be like... They always ended up more cake-y than crispy...
So, I flavored my batter with orange oil and was going to pair it with our famous homemade chocolate pudding, and just went ahead with the recipe... Since I didn't know how much batter to use for each cookie, I ended up with 4 larger circles, but they crisped up so much that they didn't bend so well and ended up close to flat...
My second attempt, I made the circles much smaller, and STILL could't get them to do anything more than look like a Pringle... I paired it up with the chocolate pudding anyway, and with the faint hint of orange, they tasted fantastic... But overall, I was disappointed with all three attempts...
And the final outcome... ta-da!!!!
4 comments:
I am sorry to hear that this recipe was a struggle for you and so disappointing. I could not believe how much the shapes spread also. Apparently I didn't know to make them very thin to start with. I paired mine with white chocolate pudding.
Wow, 3 attempts. Fear not, one couldn't ask for more from a baker saint! =D
You should have seen my fisrt batch! They were raw in the middle and burnt at the edges. Ackk....I think they just take practice :)
Good for you for keeping at it! Sorry it was disappointing. They definitely spread a lot.
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