Using very finely chopped candied lemon peel, these have a great lemon flavor. After baking and cooling, dip the ends in melted white chocolate or fill as suggested with lemon flavored buttercream using a small pastry tip. This recipe is adapted from "Larousse Gastronomique," publish date 1988.

Lemon Cigarettes (Cigarettes au Citron)

Ingredients

• 4 egg whites Pinch of salt 3 1/2 oz. flour 5 1/2 oz. superfine granulated sugar rubbed with 1/4 vanilla bean, halved 4 oz. clarified unsalted butter 4 oz. very finely chopped candied lemon peel

Procedure

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Whisk egg whites and a pinch of salt to stiff peaks. In separate bowl, combine the flour, sugar and butter together. Fold in the whites, then last the finely chopped candied peel.
3. On a silicone baking mat lined baking sheet, spread mixture into thin circles about 3 inches in diameter. Bake for about 7-10 minutes or until the tuiles are golden brown as desired. Remove from oven and while warm, roll each around a thin wooden dowel or a wooden spoon, remove and set to cool and repeat with remaining baked tuiles. Repeat with remaining batter until all of it is used.

Notes

 

Content by Renee Shelton. Recipe adapted from Lang, Jenifer Harvey, ed. Larousse Gastronomique: The New American Edition of the World's Greatest Culinary Encyclopedia. New York: Crown, 1988. This recipe was first published on PastrySampler.com on January 10, 2007. It was updated on October 14, 2020.