flan
IPA: fɫˈæn
noun
- (chiefly UK, Australia) Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case. (Compare quiche.)
- (chiefly US, Belize) A dessert of congealed custard, often topped with caramel, especially popular in Spanish-speaking countries.
- (numismatics) A coin die. (Compare planchet.)
- (informal, fandom slang) A fan of the U.S. TV series Firefly.
verb
- (architecture) To splay or bevel internally, as a window-pane.
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Examples of "flan" in Sentences
- Bake at 350º for 1 hour or until the flan is set and a knife inserted into the middle comes out clean.
- Honey is delicious in flan instead of sugar, especially in flan flavored with orange, vanilla or cinnamon.
- To unmold, remove the flan from the refrigerator and dip the bottom of the mold in hot water to loosen for 30 seconds.
- 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!
- 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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