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Record 1 2006-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pastries
  • Pastries (Cooking)
DEF

A small pastry consisting of many thin layers of puff pastry, filled with custard, whipped cream, fruit, purée, etc.

CONT

Napoleon ... A delectable dessert made with crisp layers of puff pastry spread with crème pâtissière and either glazed with a thin icing or dusted with confectioners' sugar. Napoleons are usually made in small rectangular shapes just large enough for an individual serving.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pâtisserie
  • Pâtisserie (Art culinaire)
DEF

[...] gâteau fait de fines couches croustillantes de pâte feuilletée entre lesquelles on étale de la crème cuite ou de la confiture de fraise et de la crème fouettée.

OBS

Pluriel : des millefeuilles.

OBS

millefeuille (sing.); millefeuilles (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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