For many desserts, Opaline also known as a transparent tuile can be an eye catching decoration. It is easy to make and it can be colored as well. Since the ingredients are basically like a lollipop, opaline can be flavored with herbs, spices, extracts etc. Like most sugar products it is quickly affected by humidity and therefore it needs to be stored airtight with a desiccant. To combat the humidity, I also make opaline with the addition of isomalt.
Opaline | Transparent tuile
| 6 oz | Fondant | 180 g | |
| 3.5 oz | glucose | 100 g | |
- Heat the fondant and the glucose to a very pale golden color or 350°F (175°C).
- Pour on a silpat and allow to cool.
- Place the sugar pieces onto a parchment sheet and crush using a rolling pin into powder. (if desired crush in a food processor)
- Sieve the powder over a stencil of choice onto a Silpat.
- Place in a 350°F (175°C) oven until the opaline has melted. If desired curve the opaline into shapes.
Love it! Thanks for the information!!
WOW! How very neat looking! And how very elegant that could be… gets a girl thinking! ;0)
Thanks, Chef Eddy!!
I do make a lot of lollipops to give away, so I might well try this lovely looking bit. Thanks, Chef Eddy.
Interesting! I love that we can color this or add spices because I wanted to try to make ornament looking cookies with a candy melt in the center and I think this would be just perfect! Thanks for the recipe and idea Chef!
I find myself using this often, eye catching indeed!
Hello Chef Eddy!
I am loving your website after discovering it tonight! I am a chef and recipes are my favourite read! Yours are delightful and the website clear, stylish and accessible.
In a nice restaurant, a dessert was presented to me with a decoration much like your Opaline but it was ‘bubbled’ instead of ‘holed’? It was as if the hot liquid sugar was poured onto a tray of acidic ingredient and caused a chemical reaction to cause medium bubbles in the opaline before it set?
Any ideas?
Thanks again!
hi what percentage of isomalt would you use for the recipe above
regards
Making transparent tuile using isomalt is a very pretty decorative piece. To me, it was a little tricky at first because when I made this, I pulled the silpat apart right after pulling it out of the oven and that distorted the shape I intended to have. Next time I will let it sit in a cooling rack before messing with it.