mille-feuilles

Variant of mille-feuille

mille-feuille definition

mille-feuille (mēl fö′y')

noun pl. mille-feuilles mille-feuilles′ (-fö′y')

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

Etymology: Fr < mille, thousand + feuille, a leaf

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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for me, a mille feuilles is a pastry with several layers of cream and pastry

Posted by mille feuilles or napoleon? 21 days ago.

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