The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word FLAMBE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result FLAMBE
- Meat in fringes of fire, served lit
- Briefly on fire, Roman priest almost smothers bishop
- Way of cooking meat in France, on vacation
- One way to serve meat, keeping it within fine margins
- Traditional pancake, with beaten egg initially, distinctively glazed
- A way of cooking meat in France and Spain
- Method of cooking meat in iron container
- Way of cooking fat captivates male trainee at the back
- Loud Mel B raging over a light drink
- Meat in first and second part of feast served in lighted brandy
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The straight part
We know that "Method of cooking" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case method of cooking = flambe.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does FLAMBE mean?
FLAMBE noun- A showy cooking technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited.
- A flambéed dish.
- To cook with a showy technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited.
- Being, or having been, flambéed.
- (of Chinese porcelain) Decorated by glaze splashed or irregularly spread upon the surface, or apparently applied at the top and allowed to run down the sides.