{"id":65044,"date":"2026-08-19T00:11:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T23:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/nederlandse-keuken\/tompouce\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T00:11:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T23:11:40","slug":"tompouce","status":"publish","type":"dish","link":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/nederlandse-keuken\/tompouce\/","title":{"rendered":"Tompouce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two layers of puff pastry with confectioner&#8217;s custard between and pink icing on top.<\/p>\n<h2>The eating problem<\/h2>\n<p>Press down and the top slides off while the custard escapes. There is no tidy solution and it has become part of the pastry. Some eat the icing separately first.<\/p>\n<h2>Why pink<\/h2>\n<p>No historical reason, just habit. On King&#8217;s Day they turn orange, and bakeries sell hundreds.<\/p>\n<h2>The name<\/h2>\n<p>After Tom Pouce, the stage name of a nineteenth century French dwarf who performed in the Netherlands. The pastry is named for his size.<\/p>\n<h2>The filling<\/h2>\n<p>Confectioner&#8217;s custard, made with egg yolk and starch, not whipped cream. Cream versions exist and are a different thing.<\/p>\n<h2>Where to find it<\/h2>\n<p>Bakeries and supermarkets nationwide, all year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two layers of puff pastry with confectioner&#8217;s custard between and pink icing on top.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false},"dish-region":[18893],"dish-type":[],"pairing":[],"class_list":["post-65044","dish","type-dish","status-publish","hentry","dish-region-nederland"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dish\/65044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dish"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dish"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"dish-region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dish-region?post=65044"},{"taxonomy":"dish-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dish-type?post=65044"},{"taxonomy":"pairing","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pairing?post=65044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}