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flambé

adj, noun, verb — 5 senses

flambé

adj

Etymology Borrowed from French flambé.

1

Cooking, Food, Lifestyle Being, or having been, flambéed.

2

Ceramics, Chemistry, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Of Chinese porcelain Decorated by glaze splashed or irregularly spread upon the surface, or apparently applied at the top and allowed to run down the sides.

Derived terms
Florida flambe

flambé

noun

Etymology Borrowed from French flambé.

1

Cooking, Food, Lifestyle A showy cooking technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited.

2

A flambéed dish.

flambé

verb

Etymology Borrowed from French flambé.

1

To cook with a showy technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited.

  • “Flambé the dessert”, ordered the Chef, “but take the dish off the heat before adding the brandy or you'll burn your eyebrows off.”
Related terms
flambeau, flamboyant

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