The mille-feuille (French pronunciation: [mil fœj], "a thousand leaves"),[notes 1] vanilla slice, custard slice, also known as theNapoleon, is a French pastry whose exact origin is unknown. Its modern form was influenced by improvements of Marie-Antoine Carême.
Traditionally, a mille-feuille is made up of three layers of puff pastry(pâte feuilletée), alternating with two layers of pastry cream (crème pâtissière), but sometimes whipped cream or jam are substituted. The top pastry layer is dusted withconfectioner's sugar, and sometimes cocoa, pastry crumbs, or pulverized seeds (e.g. roasted almonds). Alternatively the top is glazed with icing or fondant in alternating white (icing) andbrown (chocolate) stripes, and combed.
Composition
Traditionally, a mille-feuille is made up of three layers of puff pastry, and two layers of crème pâtissière. The top layer is coated with a sprinkling of powdered sugar.[2] In later variations, the top is glazed with icing, in alternating white (icing) and brown (chocolate) strips, and then combed. Today, there are alsosavory mille-feuille, with cheese and spinach or other savory fillings.
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