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Crème caramel (French: [kʁɛm kaʁaˈmɛl]) flan [flɑ̃] or caramel custard is a custard dessert with a layer of soft caramel on top as opposed to crème brûlée which is custard with a hard caramel top. The dish is eaten throughout the world.Crème caramel used to be ubiquitous in European restaurants; food historian Alan Davidson remarks:In the later part of the 20th century crème caramel occupied an excessively large amount of territory in European restaurant dessert menus.
