Sentence examples for flan from inspiring English sources

On any one day you could find a rich pumpkin soup with leek, cauliflower and sage, basmati rice with bitter puntarelle, courgette and marinated tofu, crunchy buckwheat smothered with a tangy hummus, seaweed risotto, and red cabbage flan.

Wrap in clingfilm and refrigerate for 1 hour. 2 Stand for 15 minutes at room temperature before rolling out to a 3mm thick disc using it to line a 28cm flan tin.

From the time of Basil II (976 1025) the fabric of the gold nomismata (successor of the solidus) and also of the silver began to change, from using a narrower, thicker blank (flan) to one wider and thinner, which was also given a curious cup shape, hence the name nummi scyphati (cup money); gold scyphati declined in purity until, under Nicephorus III (1078 81), they were very base.

Pissaladiera comes from Nice; this is an onion flan spiced with anchovies and black olives.

Traditional Creole foods include sopa de arroz con pollo (chicken-and-rice soup), sancocho (a beef-and-vegetable stew), tostones (fried plantain slices), flan, and casabe, powdery cakes made from ground cassava, often served with molasses and coconut milk.

In about ad 220 the Sāsānian dynasty of Iran introduced the concept of thin flan coins, issues that were struck in relief on both sides.

Desserts include pompan (candied sweet papaya) and flan.

Such techniques spread by way of Byzantium to northern Europe, where the emperor Charlemagne struck thin flan deniers (small silver coins), or pennies, which became characteristic of both his own and neighbouring kingdoms.

It's with sadness I note the passing away - the final flan, the last lattice pork pie - of formidable culinary figure Clarissa Dickson Wright.

In news that will come as a relief to any squeamish readers, recipes for pigeon pancakes or fox flan do not feature in our gallery of the best wild foods to collect this autumn.

Preheat the oven to 180°C/Gas mark 5. Place a large disc of greaseproof paper or foil over the pastry and fill the flan ring with baking beans.