egg en cocotte
- noun
- /ɛɡ ɑ̃ kɔˈkɔt/
:
huevo en cocotte
- For a special breakfast, she prepared an egg en cocotte topped with fresh herbs.
Examples
-
The brunch menu featured an egg en cocotte with wild mushrooms and truffle oil.
-
I love making egg en cocotte for brunch.
-
He impressed his guests by serving classic eggs en cocotte as a starter.
-
Have you ever tried egg en cocotte with herbs?
-
For brunch, we enjoyed delicious eggs en cocotte baked with fresh herbs and cream.
-
The chef served eggs en cocotte in individual ramekins, each topped with a sprinkle of cheese.
-
She prepared eggs en cocotte with spinach and tomatoes for a flavorful breakfast dish.
Synonyms
1
2.5
An egg cooked in the oven with cream or butter in a small dish
An egg baked in a small dish with cream until the white sets and yolk stays soft
How Rich
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward borrowing from French (œuf en cocotte) and literally composes 'egg' + 'en' (in) + 'cocotte' (small pot), so a learner who knows the constituents can infer it denotes an egg cooked/served in a small pot. Although culinary and partly a loanword phrase, its meaning is directly derivable from the parts and mirrors cross-linguistic cooking noun+preposition+container patterns.
Etymology
Egg en cocotte comes from French cooking: it means an egg cooked inside a small pot called a cocotte, often with cream or butter. That's why the name now means an egg baked or steamed in its own small dish.