I always thought they were the same thing
2007-02-10 06:45:12 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
well that explains why I always get weird looks from my family when I say I made a bacon flan for lunch lol
2007-02-10 06:51:24 · update #1
Flan is a spanish dessert, a custard with carmelized sugar at the bottom of the pan. When served the custard is flipped upside down and the residue liquid sugar runs off.
Quiche is main dish coming from france. It is made from a prebaked dough, filled with eggs, vegetables, fish(shrimp, et.)and the most popular is with bacon and cheese. It is usually served with a small salad.
I hope this helps.
2007-02-10 06:50:49 · answer #1 · answered by Diane T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay, I was forced to comment. Flan has no crust. And being a custard, it is mainly egg. The difference between it and quiche is that flan is a sweet, a desert. Quiche never is, usually containing savory ingredients such as mushrooms, spinach, bacon, cheese, etc. And quiche has a traditional pie crust. Pie can have a custard filling, meaning it is filled mainly with something made from eggs, but it differs from flan and quiche in that it need not contain eggs. In fact, pie is the most flexible thing you are asking us to define. It doesn't even have to have a traditional pastry crust. It can have a crushed cookie crust, for example.
2016-05-25 03:20:25 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh dear....
The difference is the filling. A Quiche is always made with an egg based filling, whereas a flan can have almost any filling...as in fruit!
A Quiche for breakfast...Really???
2007-02-10 06:52:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flan and quiche are nothing alike, other than made with egg (along with thousands of other recipes).
Flan is more similar to custard or creme brulee, quiche is like a baked egg pie with your choice of fillers (spinach, ham, cheese, etc)
Jas
2007-02-10 06:49:50 · answer #4 · answered by JasSays 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some savoury egg flans are quiches in all but the name.
2007-02-10 07:08:56 · answer #5 · answered by hotclaws 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The biggest similarity is that both of their main ingredients are eggs.
Flan is dessert, a baked custard. It is similar to creme brulee but without the crisp sugar topping, and is usually accompanied by a caramel sauce.
Quiche is a savory dish. It's kind of like an omelet in a crust, and filled with things like bacon, ham, spinach, and cheese.
Bacon quiche sounds good. I'll have to give it a try one day!
2007-02-10 07:13:35 · answer #6 · answered by jachei 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
flan is a desert quiche is savoury.
two different pastries for the base.
flan has cream and fruit as quiche has egg and ham mushroom.
hope that helps.
2007-02-10 06:51:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
flan is dessert and quiche is an asortment of things with eggs like a pie
2007-02-10 06:51:24 · answer #8 · answered by pretty you 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
quiche usually has egg filling,whereas a flan is an open tart.
2007-02-10 06:54:54 · answer #9 · answered by miz_ebonygold 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
flan is more of a custard and a quiche is not.
flan is dessert and quiche is mostly for breakfast.
2007-02-10 06:48:40 · answer #10 · answered by annazzz1966 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋