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‖ mille-feuille|milfœj|
Pl. mille-feuilles.
[Fr., lit. ‘a thousand leaves’.]
A rich pastry consisting of thin layers of puff pastry filled with jam, cream, etc. Also attrib. and fig.
1895G. A. Sala Thorough Good Cook xiv. 426 Mille Feuilles (Italian Pyramid). 1902S. Beaty-Pownall ‘Queen’ Cookery Bks. XI. vi. 169 Millefeuilles, Gâteau (also known as Gâteau Milfras). 1918A. Bennett Roll-Call i. viii. 169, I should like a strawberry ice, and a lemon-squash, and a millefeuille cake. 1945N. Mitford Pursuit of Love xviii. 146 Soon Davy was falling upon éclairs and mille feuilles with all the abandon of a schoolboy. 1967Listener 21 Dec. 802/2 When strangers meet, and nature calls, our society splits into a mille-feuille of social strata: each one of us clinging to our own euphemism. 1971Coombes & Wakelin Good Housek. Advanced Cooking is Fun xv. 218 Mille-feuilles... Spread stiffly whipped cream onto the centre of the puff paste layer. |