served with a sauce of flaming brandy, rum, etc.
Origin of flambé
Fr, literally , flamed from past participle of flamber, to flame a dessert or other dish so served
transitive verb
-·béed′, -·bé′ing to add brandy, etc. to and serve flaming
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flambe
transitive verb
flam·béed, flam·bé·ing, flam·bésTo drench with a liquor, such as brandy, and ignite: flambéed the steak at the table.
adjective
Served flaming in ignited liquor: steak flambé.
Origin of flambe
From French past participle of flamber to flame from Old French from flambe flame ; see flame .
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Adjective
(not comparable)
- Being, or having been, flambéed.
Noun
(plural flambés)
- (cooking) A showy cooking technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited.
- The act of flambéing.
- A flambéed dish.
Verb
See also: flambe(third-person singular simple present flambés, present participle flambéing, simple past and past participle flambéed)
- To cook with a showy technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited.
- "Flambé the dessert", ordered the Chef, "but take the dish off the heat before adding the brandy or you'll burn your eyebrows off."
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