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Mille-Feuille

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A slice of MilleFeuille dusted with powdered sugar on a white rectangular plate.
Photo by Massimo Pessina and Blandine Boyer

Mille-Feuille means “a thousand leaves.” This French dessert is a delicate tower of crisp puff pasty and luscious pastry cream. Go the extra mile by making your own pastry or streamline the process with store-bought dough.

This recipe was excerpted from ‘Maison Kayser’s French Pastry Workshop' by Eric Kayser. Buy the full book on Amazon.

Cook’s note:

For individual mille-feuilles, cut out three 1½-inch by 3-inch rectangles per person.

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