On Sat 13 Aug 2005 02:06:04p, MoM wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Fri 12 Aug 2005 08:22:08p, Carrie Jacques wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> This is my first post to the group, and I'm hoping someone may be able
>>> to help.
>>>
>>> My father used to be a manager at Le Biftheque
>>> (http://www.lebiftheque.com) about ten years or so ago, when the
>>> restaurant was in the states (I think they are only in Canada now).
>>> The restaurant has the most wonderful dessert I've ever had, called
>>> Millefeuille. My father cannot remember the recipe for the dessert,
>>> he used to know it by heart but as he's gotten older he can no longer
>>> remember it. His birthday is coming up and I would love to make it
>>> for him, as it was a family favorite of ours when I was younger.
>>>
>>> I remember some things that were in this dessert: it had two layers of
>>> graham crackers (one bottom layer and one on the top), two layers of a
>>> cream or pudding (yellow and white), a top and on top of the graham
>>> crackers on the top there was white icing drizzled with chocolate. It
>>> looks a lot like a Napoleon but this dessert definitely tasted a lot
>>> different and it was much better. I've tried to wing it, not follow a
>>> specific recipe and make it from memory, but I always fail miserably.
>>>
>>> If anyone knows how to make this, I would love to have the recipe.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Carrie
>>
>> This seems to be almost exactly what you are looking for.
>>
>> "MILLE FEUILLE"
>> 2 pkgs. vanilla pudding (cook and serve); 1 (6 oz.) and 1 (3.4 oz.)
>> 1 box graham crackers
>> 1 pt. heavy whipping cream
>> 6-8 oz. chocolate chips
>>
>> Layer 9x13 Pyrex dish with graham crackers. Cook pudding according to
>> box directions. Slowly pour pudding over crackers. Cover pudding with
>> graham cracker layer. Beat whipping cream, then cover over graham
>> cracker. Melt chocolate chips, then sprinkle melted chocolate over
>> whipped cream. Chill 1-2 hours before serving.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Wayne Boatwright *¿*
>>
> What a horrible murder of a wonderful pastry! Mille-feuilles are made
> with puff pastry.
>
> Mille-feuilles are a type of pastry consisting of two thin sheets of
> pastry laid on top of each other like a sandwich with jam and cream
> spread on the inside and a thin layer of icing (usually lemon icing) on
> top.
>
> The word mille-feuille means thousand leaves in French
>
>
Yes, Helen, I know all of that, and I agree. I was just trying to give the
OP what she was seeking.
I have eaten and made the original kind and love it.
--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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