Flambe definition
To drench with a liquor, such as brandy, and ignite.
Flambéed the steak at the table.
verb
Served flaming in ignited liquor.
Steak flambé.
adjective
Served with a sauce of flaming brandy, rum, etc.
adjective
A dessert or other dish so served.
noun
To add brandy, etc. to and serve flaming.
verb
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Being, or having been, flambéed.
adjective
(cooking) A showy cooking technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited.
noun
The act of flambéing.
noun
A flambéed dish.
noun
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."
verb
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
flambe
Plural:
flambes