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单词 flan
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Definition of flan in English:

flan

noun flan
  • 1A baked dish consisting of an open-topped pastry case with a savoury or sweet filling.

    an egg and bacon flan
    as modifier a fluted flan tin
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A choice of Yorkshire stand pie, roasted vegetable flan, Yorkshire cheese and oatmeal flan or roasted Yorkshire ham with salad left no doubt as to which part of the country we were in!
    • We had a lunch of tomatoes with the local soft goat's cheese, suckling pig braised with gnocchi and a flan of sweet chestnut purée with local wine for 16 euros each.
    • This version came in individual circles and although the pastry and egg mixture was good, the pastry overwhelmed the egg as the flan was too shallow.
    • It is the classic pastry for flans and often has a little sugar, even when used for savoury dishes, but rarely egg.
    • Supplemented with some sea spinach harvested along the dunes, these went into a tasty flan I baked yesterday.
    • The pastry crusts were not only as part of the dish, pies and flans would be moulded and decorated with flower heads in season.
    • Slide the baking sheet into the oven and bake the flan for one hour, or until the filling is puffed and golden and just jiggles in the center when you tap the pan.
    • I considered myself something of a master with pies, flans, tarts, vol-au-vents and quiches.
    • Daily specials keep things lively, from a haunting goat-cheese flan to a melting confection of strawberries and coconut ice cream.
    • My sister Lisa would make a cream of asparagus soup, cranberry sauce, two flans, stuffing, a chocolate-pecan tart, and of course, her Scottish scones.
    • The couple had lobster ravioli to start and apple flan for dessert, with coffee and mints to follow.
    • Bake the flan for 25-30 minutes until the top sets and begins to lightly colour.
    • The puddings were mainly flans, pastries and coffee gateau, which none of us really fancied, and we all went for a perfectly acceptable fruit salad alternative.
    Synonyms
    pastry, tartlet, quiche, strudel
    1. 1.1 A sponge base with a sweet topping.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the cookery section, you can bring along those apple tarts, sponge flans, cheese cake, fruit loaves, brown scones, white scones, brown bread, white bread and jams.
      • Their sweet temptations go on to include more than 15 varieties of dessert, including flans, gateaux, fruity pies, and cheesecakes.
      • She spends her day baking flans for the convent coffee shop.
      • Super cook Ilse also made 12 strawberry flans, two kiwi fruit flans and seven gateaux, malt loaves and gingerbread to sell on the stalls.
      • The dessert is chilled until it sets and is usually turned out onto a plate to make an attractive plateau shape like a flan, but you can also serve it in dishes or glasses.
  • 2A disc of metal such as one from which a coin is made.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from French (originally denoting a round cake) from Old French flaon, from medieval Latin flado, fladon-, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlade 'custard'.

Rhymes

Aberfan, Adrianne, an, Anne, artisan, astrakhan, ban, began, Belmopan, bipartisan, bran, can, Cannes, Cézanne, Cheyenne, clan, courtesan, cran, dan, Dayan, Diane, divan, élan, Elan, fan, foreran, Fran, Friedan, Gell-Mann, gran, Han, Hunan, Ivan, Jan, Japan, Jinan, Joanne, Kazan, Klan, Kordofan, Lacan, Lausanne, Leanne, Limousin, Louvain, man, Mann, Marianne, Milan, Moran, nan, Oran, outran, outspan, Pan, panne, parmesan, partisan, pavane, pecan, Pétain, plan, Pusan, ran, rataplan, rattan, Rosanne, Sagan, Saipan, saran, scan, scran, sedan, span, spick-and-span, Spokane, Suzanne, Tainan, tan, than, tisane, trepan, van, vin, Wuhan, Xian, Yerevan, Yunnan, Zhongshan
 
 

Definition of flan in US English:

flan

noun
  • 1A baked dish consisting of an open-topped pastry case with a savory or sweet filling.

    an egg and bacon flan
    as modifier a fluted flan tin
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Bake the flan for 25-30 minutes until the top sets and begins to lightly colour.
    • I considered myself something of a master with pies, flans, tarts, vol-au-vents and quiches.
    • This version came in individual circles and although the pastry and egg mixture was good, the pastry overwhelmed the egg as the flan was too shallow.
    • The pastry crusts were not only as part of the dish, pies and flans would be moulded and decorated with flower heads in season.
    • The puddings were mainly flans, pastries and coffee gateau, which none of us really fancied, and we all went for a perfectly acceptable fruit salad alternative.
    • Slide the baking sheet into the oven and bake the flan for one hour, or until the filling is puffed and golden and just jiggles in the center when you tap the pan.
    • Daily specials keep things lively, from a haunting goat-cheese flan to a melting confection of strawberries and coconut ice cream.
    • Supplemented with some sea spinach harvested along the dunes, these went into a tasty flan I baked yesterday.
    • A choice of Yorkshire stand pie, roasted vegetable flan, Yorkshire cheese and oatmeal flan or roasted Yorkshire ham with salad left no doubt as to which part of the country we were in!
    • The couple had lobster ravioli to start and apple flan for dessert, with coffee and mints to follow.
    • We had a lunch of tomatoes with the local soft goat's cheese, suckling pig braised with gnocchi and a flan of sweet chestnut purée with local wine for 16 euros each.
    • It is the classic pastry for flans and often has a little sugar, even when used for savoury dishes, but rarely egg.
    • My sister Lisa would make a cream of asparagus soup, cranberry sauce, two flans, stuffing, a chocolate-pecan tart, and of course, her Scottish scones.
    Synonyms
    pastry, tartlet, quiche, strudel
    1. 1.1 A sponge base with a sweet topping.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Their sweet temptations go on to include more than 15 varieties of dessert, including flans, gateaux, fruity pies, and cheesecakes.
      • Super cook Ilse also made 12 strawberry flans, two kiwi fruit flans and seven gateaux, malt loaves and gingerbread to sell on the stalls.
      • In the cookery section, you can bring along those apple tarts, sponge flans, cheese cake, fruit loaves, brown scones, white scones, brown bread, white bread and jams.
      • The dessert is chilled until it sets and is usually turned out onto a plate to make an attractive plateau shape like a flan, but you can also serve it in dishes or glasses.
      • She spends her day baking flans for the convent coffee shop.
  • 2A disk of metal such as one from which a coin is made.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from French (originally denoting a round cake) from Old French flaon, from medieval Latin flado, fladon-, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlade ‘custard’.

 
 
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