gratin
- noun
- /ˈɡrætən/
- Father, please pass the au gratin potatoes.
- potato gratin
- au gratin
- cheese gratin
Examples
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Shafer Farm's venison loin with parsnip gratin and onion confit.
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My favorite appetizer was the mushroom and bone marrow gratin.
Blog text (29) -
Yellow Squash and Corn Gratin
Blog text (23) -
We have broccoli au gratin, but it's good.
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The gratin should be accurately seasoned before baking; otherwise, the dish will taste flat.
Academic text (1990) -
Um, ham and beans au gratin with peas.
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The butler took his dinner up to him, a dinner consisting of roast chicken, roast potatoes, and cauliflower Au gratin.
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She had cut beans and baked beans, potatoes au gratin, as well as a rice dish, a compote with fruit, and three kinds of cake.
Fiction book (2000) -
He has recently sampled Lowell's preparation of baked mango gratin, usually served as an accompaniment to chicken or fish, at the home of a friend who prepared it from Lowell's newest cookbook.
Fiction book (2002) -
Father, please pass the gratin potatoes.
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gratin comes from the French verb gratiner, from a word meaning 'to scrape' or 'to grate' and is like the English word grate. That's why a gratin is a baked dish with a crispy, browned top, often made by grating cheese or adding breadcrumbs and baking until golden.