Napoleon ***

Name: Napoleon *** (Millefeuille à la Crème Pâtissière)
Prep time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 8–10
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 3 puff pastry layers for Napoleons, baked and cooled; Scant 3 cups (17 oz./480 g) whole hazelnuts or almonds; 1 cup + 1 tbsp (4 oz./115 g) sugar, divided; 2 tbsp (30 ml) water; 2 tsp (10 g) butter, diced; 1 lb. 2 oz. (500 g) pastry cream, well chilled; ½ quantity (1 cup/4½ oz./125 g) Chantilly cream, well chilled

Millefeuille à la Crème Pâtissière

Preparation info

Serves
8–10

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

French Pastries and Desserts by Lenôtre

By Chefs at Lenôtre

Published 2021

About

Ingredients

Caramelized hazelnuts or almonds (optional; see Chef’s Notes)

Scant 3 cups (17 oz./480 g) whole hazelnuts or almonds

Europe
France
Vegetarian
Pie
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat the oven to 140°F (60°C/Gas on the lowest setting).
Spread the hazelnuts or almonds over the baking sheet and dry them out in the oven for 30 minutes. Keep warm.
Combine a scant ½