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Custard vs Flan - What's the difference?

custard | flan |

Flan is a synonym of custard.



As nouns the difference between custard and flan

is that custard is a type of sauce made from milk and eggs (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat, served hot poured over desserts, as a filling for some pies and cakes, or cold and solidified; also used as a base for some savoury dishes, such as quiches while flan is baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case (the only meaning in UK.

custard

English

(wikipedia custard)

Noun

  • (uncountable) A type of sauce made from milk and eggs (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat, served hot poured over desserts, as a filling for some pies and cakes, or cold and solidified; also used as a base for some savoury dishes, such as quiches.
  • (countable) Any particular variety of custard.

    • Derived terms

    * confectioner's custard * custard apple * custard arm * custard brains * custard Christian * custard-chucker * custard coffin * custard cream * custard cup * custard-cups * custard glass * custard pie * custard powder * custard tart * custard winds * custardy * egg custard * frozen custard * fruit custard * love custard * turn to custard

    See also

    * bavarois * * * cream puff * floating islands * trifle * panna cotta, pannacotta * vanilla slice * vla * zabaglione

    flan

    English

    Etymology 1

    (1846) (etyl) . More at (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case (the only meaning in UK)
  • Type of custard dessert, popular in Spanish-speaking countries (both the pastry version and this one may be called flan in the USA). Called crème caramel in UK
  • (numismatics) A flat metal disk used to strike coins.
    • Related terms
    * (l) * (l)

    See also

    * custard

    Etymology 2

    English, from a slip of the tongue by actor (Nathan Fillion)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fan of U.S. TV series ; a Browncoat.

    • References

    * Nathan Fillion interview at an In Good Company premiere, 28 December 2004 ( IESB.net video]) ([[q:Firefly (TV_series)
  • Quotes about Firefly and Serenity, Wikiquote transcription])
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