Millefeuille

Napoleon

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Preparation info
  • 8

    persons
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Pâtisserie & Baking Foundations

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 2012

  • About

Invented by French pastry chef Rouget, millefeuille was met with resounding approval by the Jurys dégustatures (a 19th-century Parisian jury that tested innovative preparations). Characterized by its layers of puff pastry floating on crème pâtissière, this pastry is generally made into single-serving portions but can also be prepared as larger gâteaux.

If prepared correctly, one should be able to cut a millefeuille with one firm stroke of the knife without sq