mille-feuille

noun

mēl-ˈfwē How to pronounce mille-feuille (audio)
mēl-ˈfœ-ē
: a dish composed of puff pastry layered with a filling (such as salmon or cream)

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Some dishes she's created include in La Première: Lobster, pico de gallo and tea sauce or root vegetable mille-feuille with truffle sauce, and in Business, Californian charbonnier with quinoa and marinière sauce or open raviole, courgette and tomato, hazelnut and parmesan sauce. Aly Walansky, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024 The afternoon concluded with velvety mille-feuilles, the perfect way to end the savory luncheon on a sweet note. Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2024 Macarons, tarte tatins and mille-feuilles for days! Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2024 In a city like Paris, resplendent architecture is as plentiful as the layers of a mille-feuille. Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 26 July 2024 End the evening with a classic French pastry from the executive pastry chef Laura Warren, perhaps the pistachio Paris-Brest or a mille-feuille filled with strawberries. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 June 2024 Rihanna Is Dabbling in the Rich Grandma Aesthetic By Daniel Rodgers Andalucía is a mille-feuille of civilizations and cultures; however, its top attractions are the towering fortresses, monumental mosques, and awe-inspiring palaces constructed during the Moors’ 800-year rule. Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2024 The teetering verticality of a crab mille-feuille barely survived being set down on the table, let alone being carved into with a fork and knife. Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2024 The menu featured classic French fare, including a winter vegetable tart with black truffle, followed by a buttery sea bass filet, and a vanilla mille-feuille for dessert. Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2024

Word History

Etymology

French, from mille feuilles a thousand leaves

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mille-feuille was in 1895

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“Mille-feuille.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mille-feuille. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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