flan

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I suspect that walnuts had been steeped in the custard, pureed, and strained out before the flan was allowed to set.

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  1. noun A tart with a filling of custard, fruit, or cheese.
  2. noun See crème caramel.
  3. noun A metal disk to be stamped as a coin; a blank.

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  • It didn't seem to belong with the flan-colored skin and the Aztec warrior profile. —  Lippman, Laura - [Tess Monaghan 04] - In Big Trouble
  • “Manny had talent,” says Moreal, whose caramel skin is the same color as the flan she puts down beside my coffee. —  Beach Road
  • While their waiter cleared their table before bringing dessert—Reed had ordered vanilla ice cream topped with caramelized pecans and Felicity had chosen flan, a specialty of the restaurant—they went back to the dance floor. —  TheOne-WeekWife
  • By the time it came to coffee and flan, the restaurant was almost empty. —  F ;SF; - vol 103 issue 01 - July 2002
  • I suspect that walnuts had been steeped in the custard, pureed, and strained out before the flan was allowed to set. —  WordPress.com News
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  1. French, from Old French flaon, from Late Latin fladō, fladōn-, flat cake, of Germanic origin; see plat- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Scots, also flann; from Icelandic flan, a rushing; cf. flana, rush heedlessly.
  2. from Old French flan, a loophole, embrasure; prob. a variant of flanc, side: see flank.
  3. Origin obscure.
  4. French, from Old French flan, flon, flaon (later also flanc), a blank for coining; a particular use of flaon, a cake, tart, later English flawn: see flawn.
 

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