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gratinée en · ADJ

Etymology

Borrowed from French gratinée.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Cooked with a gratinée (crust) on top.
    • When I was living with my sister Jean on the Hawkesbury River in New South Wales we would often turn the soup into a more substantial meal in cold weather by cooking it in gratinée form, which to many is the real French onion soup. 2011, Margaret Fulton, Margaret Fulton’s Favourites, →ISBN, page 24:

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Synonyms

au gratin

gratinée en · ADV

Etymology

Borrowed from French gratinée.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) With a gratinée (crust) on top.
    • Onion soup is widely served all over France, sometimes gratinée, that is with a crust on top, sometimes just as a broth. It can be served in a large terrine, as well as in individual crock pots. In a brasserie or bistro, it is usually served gratinée. 2012, Jacques Pépin, Jacques Pépin New Complete Techniques Sampler, →ISBN:

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gratinée en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from French gratinée.

Meanings

  1. Synonym of gratin.
    • With a ladle, make a hole in the top of the gratinée, pour in the port mixture, and fold into the soup with the ladle. 2011, Jacques Pépin, Essential Pépin: More Than 700 All-Time Favorites from My Life in Food, →ISBN:
    • A heavy mushroom cream sauce spooned over French bread, the gratinée was like bonbons with a glass of Dom Perignon. 2006, Milwaukee Magazine - Volume 31, Issues 7-12, page 108:

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gratiné alternative lexicographic
gratinee alternative lexicographic
gratinées Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

gratin

gratinée en · VERB

Etymology

Borrowed from French gratinée.

Meanings

  1. To bake a dish so that it has a gratinée (crust) on top.
    • To bake a dish until it bubbles and browns is to gratinée it, or to serve it au gratin. 2015, Susan Volland, Mastering Sauces, →ISBN:

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gratinées Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
gratinéeing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gratinéeed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gratinéeed Tense=Past lexicographic
gratinéed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gratinéed Tense=Past lexicographic
gratinee alternative lexicographic
gratiné alternative lexicographic