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Parfait vs Flan - What's the difference?

parfait | flan |

As nouns the difference between parfait and flan

is that parfait is a french parfait (parfait glacé), an iced dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, cream, and flavouring (usually fruit), sometimes with the addition of a liqueur while flan is baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case (the only meaning in uk) or flan can be a fan of us tv series ; a browncoat.

parfait

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A French parfait (parfait glacé), an iced dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, cream, and flavouring (usually fruit), sometimes with the addition of a liqueur.
  • An American parfait, a layered dessert often consisting of fruit, ice cream, pastries, whipped topping, etc. and served in a glass, often a parfait glass.
  • A smooth , usually made from liver and flavoured with liqueurs.

    • Quotations

    * 2005 , , Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback edition, page 379 *: Brad hesitated, peering at the grid of spun sugar that jutted from his loganberry parfait .

    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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