[Sca-cooks] Re: fladen

[Stefan li Rous]

Thorvald commented:
> > Ein Buch von guter spise has several recipes for morella cherries, 
> including
> > Einen fladen von wisseln (A fladen of morella cherries)
> >
> > Just what is a fladen? This recipe seems to be more or less a fruit 
> leather,
> > but the other recipes for fladen include meat/chicken, cheese and 
> eggs
> > on a leaf of dough.
>
> I reckon it's a crustless flan, also spelled 'vlade' and 'vladen',
> with any of a variety of fillings.
Oh? The only "flan" that I've seen has been the Mexican flan. Usually 
served as a round disk of custard stuff with a small pool of caramel? 
on top and around the edge. There were probably period ancestors, 
although any that have been given I've probably filed under pudding. 
So, is there a difference between a flan and a pudding?

Stefan
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