gratin
gratin
Definition
gra·tin (grät′'n, grat′'n; Fr grȧ tan′)
noun
any dish having a lightly browned, crisp crust on top, esp. one topped with bread crumbs or grated cheese and broiled briefly
gratin
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- serve: Celery can be sautéed or served au gratin as a vegetable side dish.
Adjective modifier
- sweet: To Serve Cut a slice of hot sweet potato gratin on the plate.
Modifies a noun
- dauphinois: Ideal for mousse, quiches, pates, soups, muffins and our new winter recipe smoked salmon gratin dauphinois - absolutely yummy.
- dish: Butter a gratin dish or small, deep baking tray.
- potato: My choice was roast pork with creamy gratin potatoes.
Noun used with modifier
- au: And you don't even know what ' au gratin ' means... Um, got any lager?
- potato: To Serve Cut a slice of hot sweet potato gratin on the plate.
- vegetable: To serve; cut the pies into slices and serve with the root vegetable gratin.
- macaroni: But the other woman, satisfying her first pangs of hunger, was now bent rather low over her macaroni au gratin.
Browse dictionary entries near gratin
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