flambé

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Being, or having been, flambéed.
2. (not-comparable) Decorated by glaze splashed or irregularly spread upon the surface, or apparently applied at the top and allowed to run down the sides.

Noun

1. 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.

Verb

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

Synonyms

flambe

Translations

flamber

flambieren

flambiert

φλαμπέ

flamberen

Etymology

Borrowed from French flambé.