How to Use flan in a Sentence

flan

noun

• To serve: Run a thin knife around the edges of the molds to loosen the flan.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 9 Sep. 2020
• Fourth course: Dessert: Twice-baked flan with sweet cream and lemon crunch.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 23 Mar. 2023
• The lunch specials are $16 and come with a side dish and a flan or dulce de leche crepe for dessert.
  — Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com, 28 July 2021
• The chocolate/flan layers didn't work out at all, but my nephew and I still gave it a thumbs up.
  — Joe Ray, Wired, 15 Aug. 2021
• The meal finished off with a citrus flan with vanilla bean.
  — Liz Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 26 Dec. 2023
• Desserts like churros, tres leches cake, flan and fried ice cream are $6.
  — Leeanne Griffin, courant.com, 7 Aug. 2017
• Sweets – tres leches cake, flan, churros and rice pudding – bring up the rear.
  — Greg Morago, Houston Chronicle, 7 June 2018
• Nor does the flan, which tastes a little too much like rompope, or Mexican eggnog.
  — Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register, 31 Mar. 2017
• Or get the soft dulce de leche flan that tastes like butterscotch pudding.
  — Linda Bladholm, miamiherald, 5 Apr. 2018
• Meal includes choice of salad or taquito and flan or sorbet for dessert.
  — Chris Sims, Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2018
• Turns out Solis adds espresso powder to the flan, a neat trick that brings a touch of mystery to the eggy eating.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2019
• On Thanksgiving, Baez plans to take her some extra food and flan.
  — Michael Russell, oregonlive, 18 Nov. 2020
• There was also as a dark chocolate flan with pear heart and salted caramel ice cream.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2022
• The flan with coconut custard, pineapple caramel and caramelized pineapple makes a strong case for dessert.
  — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 7 Sep. 2023
• Banh xeo, a giant golden rice flour crepe, is a good order here, and don’t forget the flan for dessert.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2021
• The sweet finish is often a creamy flan plus strawberries and cream.
  — Shivani Vora, CNN, 23 Dec. 2021
• Both the Parisian flan served on weekends or the custardy quiche served midweek are about as good as either form gets.
  — Mark Kurlyandchik, Freep.com, 11 Feb. 2020
• The Flan Most Filipino flan is dense, but Boquila takes more of a crème brûlée approach, with fewer egg yolks.
  — Amanda Shapiro, Bon Appétit, 18 July 2019
• Don't write off the place too quickly — the barbacoa is tender enough to melt in your mouth, the mixiotes are juicy, and a flan is a must-have dessert.
  — Kylie Madry, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2022
• To serve, set out the flan at room temperature for 15 minutes.
  — Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, 30 Aug. 2017
• Don’t skimp out on the dessert—the restaurant’s homemade cheesecake and flan are universal crowd-pleasers.
  — Laura Jung, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Dec. 2019
• The dessert is creamy, like flan, but much easier to prepare — gelatin does the thickening work.
  — Dallas News, 18 Jan. 2022
• It’s a cross between a flan and a cheesecake in texture, and is best made with small sugar or pie pumpkins.
  — oregonlive, 18 Nov. 2021
• It’s no signature dish, but my flan recipe is one of my favorite ways to use honey.
  — Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, 30 Aug. 2017
• At its most basic, flan is a simple dessert of milk, eggs and sugar flavored with a splash of vanilla.
  — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 4 Sep. 2019
• Blue Beetle traipsing the rooftops holding tacos, and Batman villain Bane hunched over a plate of flan.
  — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Sep. 2022
• Here, too, is a block of leche flan like a sinking ship, under a flurry of pinipig, flattened grains of sticky rice.
  — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 31 May 2018
• The menu also includes halo-halo, a Filipino dessert with three kinds of beans, gelatin, shaved ice, ice cream and flan.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 19 Aug. 2020
• The restaurant also serves desserts, including tres leches cake and flan.
  — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
• Gonzales whips up the flan, dense with cream cheese and scented with Mexican vanilla.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 18 July 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024