tompouce
Sign in to saveA 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".
Key facts
- Prepared food.name
- Tompoes
- Prepared food.image
- Tom_Pouce_Dutch_pastry.JPG
- Prepared food.alternate_name
- Tompouce
- Prepared food.country
- Netherlands, Belgium
- Prepared food.type
- Pastry
- Prepared food.main_ingredient
- Puff pastry, icing, pastry cream
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Customs
- Eating the tompouce
- See also
- References
- External links
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".
==Customs==
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