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In [[Italy]], where the pastry is thought to have originated in Naples, it is called ''mille foglie'' (again, thousand leaves), and contains a similar layering like the mille-feuilles of cream, pastry cream, and fruit preserves. A savory Italian version consists of puff pastry filled with [[spinach]], [[cheese]], or [[pesto]] among other things. |
In [[Italy]], where the pastry is thought to have originated in Naples, it is called ''mille foglie'' (again, thousand leaves), and contains a similar layering like the mille-feuilles of cream, pastry cream, and fruit preserves. A savory Italian version consists of puff pastry filled with [[spinach]], [[cheese]], or [[pesto]] among other things. |
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[[Australia]] calls its own version of the Napoleon the [[vanilla slice]]. |
[[Australia]] calls its own version of the Napoleon the [[vanilla slice]], however the Balfours bakery, based in [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]] produces it's own version of Napoleon which is closer to the original French pastry. It contains a layer of icing, interleaved layers of pastry and cream but with a layer of sponge cake as its main constituent. |
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==Origin of the name 'Napoleon'== |
==Origin of the name 'Napoleon'== |
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The Napoleon is a pastry made of many layers of puff pastry with filling alternating the layers. It can be eaten as a dessert, or even as a decadent meal.
As a French pastry it is called mille-feuilles, or thousand leaves, and it is usually filled with whipped cream, pastry cream, and fruit preserves - most often raspberry jam. The topping may be simply powdered sugar, or a layer of fondant, often with strings of chocolate drawn into a chevron design.
In Italy, where the pastry is thought to have originated in Naples, it is called mille foglie (again, thousand leaves), and contains a similar layering like the mille-feuilles of cream, pastry cream, and fruit preserves. A savory Italian version consists of puff pastry filled with spinach, cheese, or pesto among other things.
Australia calls its own version of the Napoleon the vanilla slice, however the Balfours bakery, based in Adelaide, South Australia produces it's own version of Napoleon which is closer to the original French pastry. It contains a layer of icing, interleaved layers of pastry and cream but with a layer of sponge cake as its main constituent.
Origin of the name 'Napoleon'
The most common explanation of the name 'Napoleon' is that it is from napolitain, the French adjective for the Italian town of Naples, but altered by association with the name of Emperor Napoleon I of France. There is no evidence to connect the pastry to the emperor himself.
The time-travel card game Early American Chrononauts includes a tongue-in-cheek card called Napoleon's Napoleon which players can symbolically acquire from the year 1815.