gratinée
gratinée noun: synonym of gratin.
Noun
gratinée (plural gratinées)
- Synonym of gratin.
- 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
- 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
- Synonyms:
- gratin
Verb
gratinée (third-person singular simple present gratinées, present participle gratinéeing, simple past and past participle gratinéed or gratinéeed)
- 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
Adjective
gratinée (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
- Synonyms:
- au gratin
Adverb
gratinée (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
Synonyms of gratinée
Forms of gratinée
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | gratinées |
| alternative form | gratinee |
| alternative form | gratiné |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | gratinées |
| present participle | gratinéeing |
| past participle | gratinéed |
| past | gratinéed |
| past participle | gratinéeed |
| past | gratinéeed |
Origin of gratinée
Borrowed from French gratinée.
Questions about gratinée
- What does gratinée mean?
- Gratinée means synonym of gratin.
- What part of speech is gratinée?
- Gratinée can be a noun, a verb, an adjective or an adverb.
- What is the plural of gratinée?
- The plural of gratinée is gratinées.
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