Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A custard that is baked in a caramel-lined mold and served chilled with the caramel side up.
- noun A tart with a filling of custard, fruit, or cheese.
- noun A metal disk to be stamped as a coin; a blank.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sudden gust of wind from the land; a flaw.
- noun Smoke driven down the chimney by gusts of wind.
- noun A small round net for covering the openings of rabbit-burrows when the rabbits are hunted with ferrets.
- In architecture, to splay or bevel internally, as a window-jamb.
- noun A piece of metal shaped ready to form a coin, but not yet stamped by the die. Same as
blank , 9.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-toppedpastry case (the only meaning in UK) - noun Type of
custard dessert , popular in Spanish-speaking countries (both the pastry version and this one may be called flan in the USA). Called crème caramel in UK - noun numismatics A flat metal disk used to strike coins.
- noun A fan of U.S. TV series Firefly; a
Browncoat .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun open pastry filled with fruit or custard
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Its inspiring because as delicious as plain flan is, it is really something that you can almost flavor with anything and have that smooth cool texture!
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Honey is delicious in flan instead of sugar, especially in flan flavored with orange, vanilla or cinnamon.
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Its inspiring because as delicious as plain flan is, it is really something that you can almost flavor with anything and have that smooth cool texture!
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Honey is delicious in flan instead of sugar, especially in flan flavored with orange, vanilla or cinnamon.
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Bake at 350º for 1 hour or until the flan is set and a knife inserted into the middle comes out clean.
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To unmold, remove the flan from the refrigerator and dip the bottom of the mold in hot water to loosen for 30 seconds.
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Besides being served on their own, eggs are an integral part of the national culinary repertoire, indispensable in flan, huevos reales, cocada and countless other desserts.
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To unmold, remove the flan from the refrigerator and dip the bottom of the mold in hot water to loosen for 30 seconds.
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Besides being served on their own, eggs are an integral part of the national culinary repertoire, indispensable in flan, huevos reales, cocada and countless other desserts.
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Besides being served on their own, eggs are an integral part of the national culinary repertoire, indispensable in flan, huevos reales, cocada and countless other desserts.
slumry commented on the word flan
custard
August 1, 2007
treeseed commented on the word flan
See crème caramel
February 13, 2008