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
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- mille-feuille
- Part of
- Dutch cuisine
- Country of origin
- Netherlands
- Material used
- puff pastry
- Image
- Tom Pouce Dutch pastry.JPG
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- Commons category
- Tompouce
- different from
- mille-feuille
- partially coincident with
- cremeschnitte
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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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