"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Sat 13 Aug 2005 02:06:04p, MoM wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>>> On Fri 12 Aug 2005 08:22:08p, Carrie Jacques wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>>>> 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 *¿*

Oh, Wayne! I wasn't knocking you.... Just the idea of a so called
"restaurant" serving something like this!

MoM