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flan

[flan, flahn, flahn, flahn] / flæn, flɑn, flɑn, flɑ̃ /


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I love a party, but lately the trick has been to spend time with loved ones and feed them well with easy recipes like chicken piccata, flan, spaghetti al limone and this caramelized-corn salad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

For example, he wants to make a granita with barako coffee, which is grown there, and pair it with muscovado jelly and leche flan ice cream.

From Washington Times ● May 31, 2023

Her pastries rest in the center of the comforting/interesting axis, ranging from tiramisu, opera cake and flan to puddings and croissants in seasonal flavors.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2023

The comedians themselves participate in the same high-wire act, navigating precariously through new jokes like a piece of flan teetering on a Filipino sundae.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2022

Mami cuts up the flan and everyone spreads out around my bed and eats happily.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar

Before there was this Peruvian restaurant, which opened at the beginning of summer, there were Claudia Berroa’s flans.

From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2020

The flans come in several flavors, including passion fruit, coffee and, for fall, pumpkin.

From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2020

The Berroas moved to the Bronx in 2007, and for Thanksgiving that year churned out 300 pie-size flans in their apartment’s galley kitchen.

From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2014

So I go up to the next guy, and he takes me over to the flans and the puddings.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 10, 2011

My mouth, for instance, craved sweets, figs in their heavy syrup, coconut candy, soft golden flans.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez


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