flambé

flambé definitions

adj
  • Decorated by glaze splashed or irregularly spread upon the surface, or apparently applied at the top and allowed to run down the sides. 

  • Being, or having been, flambéed. 

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. 

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

  • A flambéed dish.