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Au gratin

Au gratin \Au` gra`tin"\ [F.] (Cookery) With a crust made by browning in the oven, especially by sprinkling with bread crumbs or grated cheese and browning in a broiler; as, spaghetti may be served au gratin.

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au gratin

a. Covered with a crust of breadcrumbs (and often cheese) then browned under a grill.

WordNet
au gratin

adj. cooked while covered with browned breadcrumbs (and sometimes cheese)

Usage examples of "au gratin".

Ken and Dee had something called portan au gratin on toasted muffins, which tasted just like the best Dungeness crab with melted Cheddar cheese.

It was the kind of place that specialized in morning coffee, five different kinds of teas (Devonshire, farmhouse, fruit, Carlton and plain), and a few sparing lunch dishes for females such as scrambled eggs and shrimps and macaroni au gratin.

What would you say to hors d'oeuvres of Fimaldian mushrooms stuffed with bleu cheese, a sea-dollop salad coated with a thick dressing of my own creation (and heavily laced with Saurian brandy vinegar), sauteed breast of eldarine with baby peas and liyaka au gratin—.

Hog's Breath bought the lot of 'em, and when he showed up at the ranch with a wagonload of saucepans and molds and au gratin dishes, Kady was so overwhelmed, she kissed him.

They brought little bottles containing Martinis and Manhattans, and they brought celery and olives and carrot sticks, and they brought onion soup, and they brought roast beef and turkey and candied sweet potatoes and asparagus tips au gratin and coffee, tea or milk, and orange sherbet and chocolate layer cake and little mints and—.

Lunch was choice of corn chowder or jellied consomme, cheese souffle, fried chicken, corned beef and cabbage, hominy grits with syrup, egg plant au gratin, little pearl onions scalloped with cucumbers, baked stuffed tomatoes, sweet potato surprise, German-fried Irish potatoes, tossed endive, coleslaw with sour cream, pineapple and cottage cheese with lettuce.

What I wanted was a porterhouse steak, au gratin potatoes, and glazed baby carrots, but they were probably smart not to dare my weakened body with solid food.

He made a box of instant au gratin potatoes, fried all the eggs lining the fridge door, and cooked a package of frozen corn in the microwave.