Plural of flan; a dessert made with a rich custard filling in a pastry or caramel-topped shell.
From Old French flaon, derived from Latin flado meaning 'flat cake.' The word traveled through Romance languages to describe the baked custard dessert.
Flan shows the Silk Road of food—the custard-filled pastry traveled from medieval Spain through Europe, and different regions created variations like crème brûlée, all from the same Old French base word.
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