Tompouce

Tompoes
Alternative namesTompouce
TypePastry
Place of originNetherlands, Belgium
Main ingredientsPuff pastry, icing, pastry cream

A tompoes or tompouce is a pastry in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is the local variety of the mille-feuille or Napoleon, introduced by an Amsterdam pastry baker and named after Admiraal Tom Pouce, the stage name of the Frisian dwarf Jan Hannema.