Tompouce

Tompoes
Alternative namesTompouce
TypePastry
Place of originNetherlands, Belgium
Main ingredientsPuff pastry, icing, pastry cream
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A tompoes or tompouce is a pastry in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is the local variety of the mille-feuille or Napoleon, introduced by an Amsterdam pastry baker and named after Admiraal Tom Pouce, the stage name of the Frisian dwarf Jan Hannema. The name "Tom Pouce" is French for "Tom Thumb".

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