tuile

plural tuiles

1. A type of thin, papery cookie, often bent into fancy shapes and added as garnish to dishes or desserts.

   There follows a confused conversation about whether the tuile on top is dairy-free or just gluten-free. Various waiters dart back and forth.

   2025 December 20, Laura Battle, “Lunch with the FT: Maggie Aderin-Pocock”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3

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   Finally, there was a grilled rib of beef in an herb and pistachio crust that sat on […] a cylindrical garnish of layered sweet potato and red pepper purée, pearls of glazed garlic and a thin Parmesan tuile.

   2009 January 28, Elaine Sciolino, “With Cowbells and Oxtails, Culinary Olympics Begin”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2016

   Precise herbed-lamb packets amid art nouveau swirls of asparagus noodles, a lacy tuile that adds a peekaboo seductivity to potato gnocchi — [Anthony] Martin’s presentations are bold and beautiful, yet his flavor pairings are almost maddeningly subtle, driving overanalytical foodies to despair.

   2011 January 13, Phil Vettel, “Chef of the Year: Anthomy Martin”, in Chicago Tribune, 164th year, number 13, section 5, page 4