Tompouce

{{short description|Type of pastry in the Netherlands and Belgium}}

{{short description|Type of pastry in the Netherlands and Belgium}}

{{Expand Dutch|Tompoes}}

{{Infobox prepared food

{{Infobox prepared food

| name = Tompoes

| name = Tompoes

==Customs==

==Customs==

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In the Netherlands, the tompoes is iconic, and the market allows little variation in form, size, and colour. It must be rectangular, with two layers of [[puff pastry]], similar to the [[Mille-feuille#United_Kingdom|cream slice]] in the United Kingdom. The [[Icing (food)|icing]] is smooth and pink, or occasionally white. For many years, however, the top layer has been orange on [[Koningsdag]] (King's Day), and a few days before. It may also be orange-coloured when the national football team plays in large international tournaments; this dates from about 1990. The filling is invariably sweet, yellow [[pastry cream]]. Tompouces are sometimes topped with [[whipped cream]]. Variations with different fillings or with [[Fruit preserves|jam]] are comparatively rare and are not called tompoes.

In the Netherlands, the tompoes is iconic, and the market allows little variation in form, size, and colour. It must be rectangular, with two layers of [[puff pastry]], similar to the [[Mille-feuille#United_Kingdom|cream slice]] in the United Kingdom. The [[Icing (food)|icing]] is smooth and pink, or occasionally white. For many years, however, the top layer has been orange on [[Koningsdag]] (King's Day), and a few days before. It may also be orange-coloured when the national football team plays in large international tournaments; this dates from about 1990. The filling is invariably sweet, yellow [[pastry cream]]. Tompouces are sometimes topped with [[whipped cream]]. Variations with different fillings or with [[Fruit preserves|jam]] are comparatively rare and are not called tompoes.