. . . "cold" . "Main courseorDessert" . . "Flan is an open pastry or sponge cake containing a sweet or savoury filling. A typical flan of this sort is round, with shortcrust pastry, usually coated with sweet syrup. It is similar to a custard tart or a South African melktert.British savoury flans may have diverged from the Spanish and French custard flans (also known as cr\u00E8me caramel) in the Middle Ages."@en . "pastry; custard (sweet flans) vegetables (savoury flans)" . "Flan"@en .