Milhojas

{{Short description|Dessert made with layers of puff pastry}}

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| name = Milhoja

| image = Milhojas - 2009.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Bakery with Milhojas

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| country = France

| region = Europe, Americas

| national_cuisine = Spain, Argentina, Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, France, Uruguay, Venezuela

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| type = Dessert

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| main_ingredient = Layers of puff pastry

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Milhojas ("thousand sheets") is a type of dessert of French origin{{Cite web |date=2021-10-02 |title=Milhojas, un repaso por los difusos orígenes de esta peculiar masa y a sus mejores exponentes patrios |url=https://www.abc.es/gastronomia/abci-milhojas-repaso-difusos-origenes-esta-peculiar-masa-y-mejores-exponentes-patrios-202110020146_noticia.html |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=Diario ABC |language=es}} that is found nowadays in Spain and Latin America. It is a local name for mille-feuille in Spanish-speaking countries.

They are made with stacked layers of puff pastry,[https://books.google.com/books?id=zkcbKEyDM7cC&pg=PT384 My Sweet Mexico: Recipes for Authentic Pastries, Breads, Candies, Beverages, and Frozen Treats – Fany Gerson]. pp. 384-387. often filled with meringue, and other times with creme patissiere; cream; dulce de leche; a creamy mix of condensed milk, sugar, and vanilla; or white chocolate and are part of the cuisines of Spain, Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

File:Milhojas (Mille-feuille).JPG|Milhojas from Madrid

File:Milhojas (dos cremas).jpg|Millhojas Dos cremas de nata y pastelera (parte inferior)

File:Café con pasteles en Murcia.jpg|Coffee with milhoja and another pastry in Murcia