flan Definition
flan (flan, flän)
noun
- a piece of shaped metal ready to be made into a coin by the stamp of a die; blank
- a tart filled with custard, fruit, etc., or with a savory mixture
- a Spanish dessert of custard covered with a burnt-sugar syrup
Etymology: Fr < OFr flaon (> ME flawn, flan) < ML flado (gen. fladonis) < OHG, flat cake, akin to ME flathen: for IE base see flat
flan Usage Examples
Converse of object
- make: So the pudding is still a great favorite in Britain and a freshly made rhubarb flan or Brown Betty is certainly hard to beat.
- remove: Get a standard flan case, ( I use the one that bottom comes off, easy to remove flan ).
- include: The extensive range of traditional cookware items includes flan, lasagna and gratin dishes, cheese domes, casseroles and soup tureens.
Adjective modifier
- strawberry: He kindly invited us to a strawberry flan and cream tea at his home afterward.
- savory: Use cooked leeks in savory flans or wrap slices of cooked ham around cooked leeks top with cheese sauce and brown under a grill.
- thick: The very first issues were made on small diameter thick flans, and are now know as " dump " issues.
Modifies a noun
- tin: Roll out to fit the flan tin, using a little fine matzo meal to stop the rolling pin from sticking.
- dish: Roll out the pastry to line an eight inch round flan dish.
- ring: Cookâs Notes: I find it easier to use flan rings, they are easier to remove at a later stage.
- case: Fill each flan case with a little of the filling then decorate with fruit.
- base: Mix in sour cherries, let cool down a bit and spread over one flan base.
Noun used with modifier
- inch: Roll out the pastry to line an eight inch round flan dish.
- fruit: There are three fairly standard desserts priced at £ 4.20 for raspberry chocolate truffle or fresh fruit flan.
- egg: I can personally vouch for the quality of the Lady Captain's bacon and egg flan.
- pastry: Cook the pastry flan case 'blind ' and allow to cool.
- round: Roll out the pastry to line an eight inch round flan dish.
- bacon: Went down for dinner, the choice was 4 fish fingers, a piece of egg and bacon flan, chips and beans.
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