On Sat 13 Aug 2005 04:39:03p, MoM wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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> "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
Oh, I know. Seems odd, doesn't it?
--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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