flambé

American  

[flahm-bey, flahn-bey] / flɑmˈbeɪ, flɑ̃ˈbeɪ /

adjective

1. Also flambéed (of food) served in flaming liquor, especially brandy.

   steak flambé.

2. Ceramics.

   1. (of a glaze) dense and streaked with contrasting colors, usually red and blue.

   2. (of a ceramic object) covered with a flambé glaze.

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verb (used with object)

flambéed, flambéing

1. to pour liquor over and ignite.

flambé British  

/ ˈflɑːmbeɪ, ˈflæm-, flɑ̃be /

adjective

1. (of food, such as steak or pancakes) served in flaming brandy

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verb

1. (tr) to pour brandy over (food) and ignite it

Etymology

Origin of flambé

1885–90; < French, past participle of flamber to flame. See flambeau

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

flambé flambéed flambéing

I added to his song with every version of I will flambé the Grand Marnier: je vais flamber le Grand Marnier that I could muster.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2024

“Do you have the peaches flambé for carryout?”

From Washington Post ● May 14, 2020

I directed Max to extinguish the flames, but only after preparing an impromptu banana flambé.

From Nature ● Mar. 20, 2018

Otherwise, it’s watermelon flambé at the Kardashian inauguration, and yes, we’re the watermelon.

From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2016

Barb smiles at him as he starts rambling on about pears flambé with some kind of reduction.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

So why wouldn’t she be excited to share a flambéed dessert with a bunch of complete strangers who could potentially help her career?

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2023

Petit gris snails, which, in Occitanie, are grilled over vinewood, flambéed with lard, skewered on metal picks, and shuttled straight into the mouth, chased with cold rosé.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2022

Fish-wise, the filet of smoked mackerel is flambéed in ouzo and served with tomato, onions and capers.

From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2018

It’s not the same as queso fundido, the Mexican dish of flambéed, melted cheese eaten in soft tortillas.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 27, 2017

A trolley selling sandwiches stood where once the onboard chef in pristine whites could be found creating mouth-watering dishes like flambéed Bourbon shrimp or zesty brochette of Dijon lamb.

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2015

I’d only ever had it at restaurants, where the descriptions sounded intimidating, calling for veal demi-glace and flambéing tableside.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2022

These soiree-centered episodes produce some of the show's most incisive comedy; "Juneteenth" set that bar in the first season by flambéing the Black bourgeoisie's absurd class snobbery and assimilationist aspirations.

From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2022

Tonight Ms. Arango was in a black suit, shaving truffles over hamburgers, flambéing whole ducks, carving lamb.

From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2018

Now, here’s the really wild part: all that searing, scorching, en flambéing hot blast madness doesn’t gradually fade out: it ends abruptly.

From Scientific American ● May 23, 2013