[noun] [C] - a case of pastry or cake without a top, which contains fruit or something savoury such as cheesea pear flana flan dish(US) A flan is also custard with a layer of caramel (= sticky brown cooked sugar) on top.
FLAN
Meaning of FLAN in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012