tuile
A type of thin, papery cookie, often bent into fancy shapes and added as garnish to dishes or desserts.
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.
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French tuile (“tile”). Doublet of tile and tuille.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry tuile (CC BY-SA 4.0).