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Type of oven that'll take large pastry dish (4)

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I believe the answer is:

flan

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'pastry dish' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'type of oven that'll take large' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'large' could be 'l' and 'l' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'fan' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for flan that I've seen before include "Open pastry or sponge case with tasty filling" , "Open-topped pastry dish" , "Flat open tart" , "Sweet/savoury open tart" , "Open pastry case with savoury filling" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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