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![]() "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message ... > On Sun 14 Aug 2005 04:21:02a, MoM wrote in rec.food.cooking: > >> >> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message >> ... >>> On Sat 13 Aug 2005 04:39:03p, MoM wrote in rec.food.cooking: >>> >>>> >>>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message >>>> ... >>>>> 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 *¿* >>>> >>>> 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 *¿* >> >> Not odd. Disgusting! >> MoM > > LOL! I understand, but there are probably a fair number of people who may > not have had the real thing and would find this combination to their > tastes. They're really two quite different desserts sharing a name, if > not accurate for one. As I've said, I personally would not like it and I > know you would not. > > -- > Wayne Boatwright *¿* Actually, that may not be true. If I was warned in advance what it contained and it wasn't called Millefeuille, I might like it. But if I was served it as Millefeuille, I would be very disappointed. MoM |
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