How to pronounce Aalst flan

Aalst flan is written Aalsterse vlaai where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ˈaːlstərsə vlaːi/. In plain English letters that is AHL-ster-suh VLAH-ee, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Aalst flan?

Aalst flan is a dessert of Belgium. Where it comes from: East Flanders. People usually eat it at teatime. Its main ingredients are wheat & flour and egg. It tastes sweet.

Where Aalst flan comes from

Aalst flan is one of 32 signature dishes of Belgium on this map. See all dishes from East Flanders.

• Carbonade flamande stoofvlees · Main dish · Flanders

  Carbonnade flamande, in Dutch stoofvlees or stoverij, is beef stewed slowly in Belgian beer with onions, a little brown sugar or syrup, mustard and often a slice of bread spread with mustard that melts into the sauce.

• Waterzooi Gentse waterzooi · Soup & stew · East Flanders

  Waterzooi is a creamy stew-soup from Ghent, often called Gentse waterzooi.

• Cuberdon · Snack · East Flanders

  A cuberdon is a cone-shaped purple sweet, about two and a half centimetres wide, with a hard crust of gum arabic around a soft, jelly-like raspberry-flavoured centre.

• Mattentaart Geraardsbergse mattentaart · Dessert · East Flanders

  Mattentaart is a tart from Geraardsbergen in East Flanders: puff pastry above and below a filling of matten, curds made from whole milk and buttermilk, mixed with eggs, sugar and almonds.

• Moules-frites mosselen-friet · Main dish · Brussels and the coast

  Mussels cooked in a covered pot with celery, onion and sometimes white wine or beer, served with a side of fries, are Belgium's best-known meal and are eaten in neighbouring northern France too.

• Liège waffle gaufre de Liège · Street food · Liège

  Belgium has two main waffles.

Food of Belgium

Dishes like Aalst flan in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Aalst flan:

• Bossche bol · Dessert · North Brabant, Netherlands

  A Bossche bol is a choux pastry ball about twelve centimetres across, filled with whipped cream and dipped in dark chocolate, from the city of 's-Hertogenbosch, or Den Bosch, in North Brabant, where it is simply called a chocoladebol.

• Biscuit rose de Reims · Dessert · Reims, France

  The biscuit rose de Reims is a light, dry, pink biscuit from Reims in Champagne.

• Frankfurter Kranz · Dessert · Frankfurt (Hesse), Germany

  The Frankfurter Kranz is a ring-shaped buttercream cake from Frankfurt.

• Bakewell pudding · Dessert · Derbyshire, United Kingdom

  Bakewell pudding is a flaky pastry case with a layer of jam, covered with a rich filling of eggs and almond paste that sets like a custard.