Meaning & use
napoleon
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A rich pastry made of layers of flaky puff pastry filled with cream, also called a mille-feuille.
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The bakery's napoleon featured crisp pastry layers and a smooth vanilla custard filling.
For dessert, she chose a napoleon topped with a thin drizzle of chocolate.
A note on using this word
Despite the name, food historians believe the pastry's title has nothing to do with Emperor Napoleon and instead comes from a French word for Naples.
Words with a similar meaning
mille-feuille
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