crème caramel

See also: creme caramel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French crème caramel.

Noun

crème caramel (countable and uncountable, plural crème caramels or crèmes caramel or crèmes caramels)

1. A baked custard with a soft caramel top.
   • 1996, Joanna Frueh, “Pythia”, in Erotic Faculties, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 199:

     Remember the bottles of wine, the pastas, crèmes caramels, breads, sweet butter, eggs Benedict, moules marinières, peaches, coffee, sausage, tender chicken, honey, salad greens, shrimp, chocolate.

   • 1997, Kim Chernin, My Life as a Boy, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, →ISBN, page 45:

     Twice in December we had dinner alone together, and once we stayed until we were politely asked to leave the Hayes Street Grill, after drinking a good six glasses of amaretto and eating a large number of shared crèmes caramels.

   • 2000 April, “Restaurant Review: New York”, in Gourmet, page 59:

     There are many desserts at Pastis, all the usual French stuff: riz au lait and crème caramel; […] And New York City has bistros—uptown and down, tired and chic, old and new, lining the avenues and hidden away on side streets—all sporting battered water carafes and antique Lillet posters, all furnished with rickety tables, all pumping out steak frites and pâtés du chef and crèmes caramels until you fear the city might seize up in one massive coronary.

   • 2004 May 31, BaByliss SARL, Cuisinart, “Advice from the Chefs”, in MSC600E IB-14/183 (Electrical Multi-Cooker; Instructions), page 21:

     Using the rack provided and pouring water into the pot, you can cook delicate preparations in a bain-marie like crèmes brûlées, crèmes caramels, pâté foie gras and fish loaves.

   • 2011, Ghillie Başan, Vilma Laus, “Sweet Snacks and Drinks”, in A Taste of the Philippines, Southwater, section “Filipino Crèmes Caramels with Orange”, page 148:

     Carefully transfer the roasting tin to the oven and cook for about 25 minutes until the crèmes caramels are set.

   • 2014, R.M. Cartmel, The Richebourg Affair, Crime Scene Books, →ISBN, page 85:

     Truchaud took the mixed cheese board, and the other two ordered crèmes caramels.

Synonyms

• flan (US, Belize)
• leche flan (Philippines)