napoleons

Cream-filled flaky rectangles

Napoleons are layered pastries made of puff pastry sheets alternating with cream filling, typically topped with icing.

The classic French version, mille-feuille, features vanilla pastry cream and fondant glaze.

She ordered a napoleon for dessert.

Also, a napoleon was a French gold coin worth twenty francs, issued under Napoleon Bonaparte.

pastry

mille-feuille

Layered puff pastry dessert

layers · flaky · vanilla · fondant · icing · glaze · slice · patisserie · bakery · dessert

historical

Bonaparte

French imperial family name

exile · Elba · conquest · empire · general · military · French · revolutionary · Josephine · coronation

card game

trick-taking

Winning dealt card rounds

  • euchreTrick or cheat
  • bidOffer to purchase
  • trumpSuit outranking all others

declaration · players · deck · dealer · hand · rounds · partnership · kitty · nap · winning

Categories
Opposites
pastry structure

napoleonscookies

Small sweet baked goods

brownies · blondies · sheet cakes · shortbread · pound cakes

pastry texture/composition

napoleonsbread pudding

Baked custard with stale slices

sticky buns · sponge cakes · angel food cake · mousse · puddings

pastry elaborateness

napoleonshardtack

Imperishable unleavened wafer

crackers · plain bread · toast · rustic bread · peasant bread

Phrases
Family

Napoleon, napoleon, Napoleonic

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G