Quiche vs. Flan

Quichenoun

A pie made primarily of eggs and cream in a pastry crust. Other ingredients such as chopped meat or vegetables are often added to the eggs before the quiche is baked.

Flannoun

Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case. Compare quiche.

Quicheadjective

(slang) Extremely appealing to look at; sexually alluring.

‘I'm not even bragging, but me and my friends are pretty much quiche.’;

Flannoun

A dessert of congealed custard, often topped with caramel, especially popular in Spanish-speaking countries.

Quichenoun

a member of the Mayan people of south central Guatemala

Flannoun

(numismatics) A coin die

Quichenoun

a tart filled with rich unsweetened custard; often contains other ingredients (as cheese or ham or seafood or vegetables)

Flannoun

(informal) A fan of U.S. TV series Firefly; a Browncoat.

Quichenoun

the Mayan language spoken by the Quiche people

Flannoun

open pastry filled with fruit or custard

Quiche

Quiche ( KEESH) is a French tart consisting of pastry crust filled with savoury custard and pieces of cheese, meat, seafood or vegetables. The best-known variant is quiche Lorraine, which includes lardons or bacon.

Flannoun

a baked dish consisting of an open-topped pastry case with a savoury or sweet filling

‘an egg and bacon flan’; ‘a fluted flan tin’;

Flannoun

a sponge base with a sweet topping.

Flannoun

a disc of metal such as one from which a coin is made.