flambé

  1. Adjective.  Being, or having been, flambéed.
  2. Noun.  (cooking) A showy cooking technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited.
  3. Noun.  The act of flambéing.
  4. Noun.  A flambéed dish.
  5. 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.

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