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flamiche

flamiche noun: a French savoury tart made with leeks and cream.

flamiche: a French savoury tart made with leeks and cream
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Noun

flamiche (countable and uncountable, plural flamiches)

  1. A French savoury tart made with leeks and cream.
    • North of Paris, in villages around the cities of Amiens and Lille, traditional favorites include the tarte au Maroilles, a rich, briochelike dough topped with a pungent local cow's milk cheese, and flamiche, a dense, full-flavored vegetable tart filled with a blend of leeks, cheese, eggs and ham.1987 October 4, Patricia Wells, “Food: After Quiche”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2014
    • I start with a delicious, fluffy flamiche, a round tart of goat cheese and leeks from northern France.1999 August 26, S. Irene Virbila, “In Venice, Lilly’s Cozy Patio Cafe Exudes an Aura of France”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...

Examples of flamiche in a sentence

  • Leeks are sometimes sautéed in dark, abbey-style beers, especially as an ingredient in the flamiche.2006 April 1, Michael Jackson, “The Traveller’s Guide to Food & Drink in Wallonia”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media...
  • Everyone becomes addicted to my tomato flamiche, my far breton made with figs and also my Croatian pepper biscuits.2013, Barbara Unković, “Visitors”, in Weeds in the Garden of Eden: A Journey Back to Family Roots, and Life in a Traditional Croatian...

Forms of flamiche

pluralflamiches

Origin of flamiche

From French flamiche.

Questions about flamiche

What does flamiche mean?
Flamiche means a French savoury tart made with leeks and cream.
How do you use flamiche in a sentence?
Leeks are sometimes sautéed in dark, abbey-style beers, especially as an ingredient in the flamiche.
What part of speech is flamiche?
Flamiche is a noun.
What is the plural of flamiche?
The plural of flamiche is flamiches.

Words near flamiche in the dictionary

  1. flameworks
  2. flameworthy
  3. flamey
  4. flamfew
  5. flamfews
  6. flamiche
  7. flamiches
  8. flamier
  9. flamiest
  10. flamin
  11. flamin'

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