patty-pan

9.8

A shallow baking dish for making small pies

noun
/ˈpætiˌpæn/

: molde para empanadas

For dessert, he made mini fruit tarts in a metal patty-pan that turned out perfectly.

Examples

The chef used a special patty-pan to prepare individual servings of meat pies.
Oh, would you return my patty pans before the trial next week?

Wicked Little Letters (2024)
She baked a delicious lasagna in her round patty-pan for the family dinner.

Synonyms

dish

vspatty-pan

329 1.0

A shallow round container used for holding or serving food

is intended for baking small filled pastries not only for serving food

pan

vspatty-pan

268 1.0

A shallow wide container, usually metal, for cooking food

is mainly for baking small filled pastries rather than general stovetop cooking

pattypan

vspatty-pan

9.0

A small shallow baking pan used to make individual tarts or cakes

is a broader shallow baking vessel for small filled pastries

cooking pan

vspatty-pan

1.0

A wide shallow metal container for making food on a stove

is for oven baking small filled pastries rather than stovetop use

How Big

baking tray

1 2.3

cake tin

1 1.0

patty-pan

9.8

muffin cup

1 1.8

Surface Forms

patty-pan singular

patty-pans plural

Morphology

patty-pan = patty + pan (transparent) = patty + pan

The meaning is directly compositional: a small pan used for cooking or baking patties/small pies.

Etymology

Patty-pan combines patty 'small cake or pie' and pan 'a cooking dish'. So, it is a small, shallow pan made for baking little round pies or tartlets and keeping their shape.