The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word FLAN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result FLAN
- Bottomless side dish, sweet or savoury
- Supporter eating large pastry dish
- Dish of beef king cast aside
- Fellaini regularly dismissed; what a pudding!
- Tart on the side king dispensed with
- Pastry dish for lunch about noon, originally
- Tart left in cooler
- Manx side filled case
- Slice of meat cut for pastry dish
- Food enthusiast gobbles starter for lunch
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The straight part
We know that "Pastry dish" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case pastry dish = flan.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does FLAN mean?
FLAN noun- Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case. (Compare quiche.)
- (Belize) A dessert of congealed custard, often topped with caramel, especially popular in Spanish-speaking countries.
- A coin die. (Compare planchet.)
- A fan of the U.S. TV series Firefly.