Crossword clues for casserole
casserole
- Pot luck dinner staple
- Potluck contribution
- Large deep dish in which food can be cooked and served
- Church-supper dish
- Oven dish
- Stew has turkey in creole cooking
- Hot refreshment in mug during church function
- Pot Noodle eaten by Anglican character
- Box holding second part for stewed food
- Idiot in church given job producing hot food
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Casserole \Cas"se*role\n. [F. a saucepan, dim. from casse a basin.]
(Chem.) A small round dish with a handle, usually of porcelain.
(Cookery) A mold (in the shape of a hollow vessel or incasement) of boiled rice, mashed potato or paste, baked, and afterwards filled with vegetables or meat. [1913 Webster] ||
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1706, "stew pan," from French casserole "sauce pan" (16c.), diminutive of Middle French casse "pan" (14c.), from Provençal cassa "melting pan," from Medieval Latin cattia "pan, vessel," possibly from Greek kyathion, diminutive of kyathos "cup for the wine bowl." Originally the pan, since c.1930 also of the dishes cooked in it, via cookery phrases such as en casserole, à la casserole.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A dish of glass or earthenware, with a lid, in which food is baked and sometimes served. 2 Food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish.
WordNet
n. food cooked and served in a casserole
large deep dish in which food can be cooked and served
Wikipedia
A casserole ( French: diminutive of casse, from Provençal cassa "pan") is a large, deep dish used both in the oven and as a serving vessel. The word is also used for the food cooked and served in such a vessel, with the cookware itself called a casserole dish or casserole pan.
Casseroles or Liam in the United States or continental Europe usually consist of pieces of meat (such as chicken) or fish (such as tuna), various chopped vegetables, a starchy binder such as flour, rice, potato or pasta, and, often, a crunchy or cheesy topping. Liquids are released from the meat and vegetables during cooking, and further liquid in the form of stock, wine, beer (for example lapin à la Gueuze), gin, cider, or vegetable juice may be added when the dish is assembled. Casseroles are usually cooked slowly in the oven, often uncovered. They may be served as a main course or a side dish, and may be served in the vessel in which they were cooked. In the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand, a casserole is named after its dish, rather than its contents. Casseroles in these countries are very similar to stews. The difference is that once the meat and vegetables are browned on top of the stove, they are then cooked in liquid in the oven, in a closed dish, producing meat that is tender and juicy, from long slow cooking. As the heat is indirect, there is also less chance of it burning.
Types of casserole include ragout, hotpot, cassoulet, tajine, moussaka, lasagne, shepherd's pie, gratin, rice or macaroni timballo, and carbonnade. A distinction can be made between casseroles and stews: stewing is a cooking process whereby heat is applied to the bottom of the cooking vessel (typically over a fire or on a stove), whereas casserole cooking is generally done in an oven to bake where heat circulates all around the cooking vessel. Casseroles may be cooked covered or uncovered, while braises are typically covered to prevent evaporation.
Usage examples of "casserole".
And she was afraid her father, who must at first have minded very much and then had come to mind less, had perhaps by now learned to count on returning home every night to a dark and peaceful house instead of stepping into the full, accusing spotlight glare as Ginger sat, slightly atilt at the kitchen alcove table, presiding tragically over a baked-away casserole, sipping vermouth and twisting her rings.
American foodthe dips and meat loaves, the quick cakes and no-cook fudge, the casseroles and bakes and instant puddings of our innocent youth.
Mary Marino handed her a pair of handleless baskets piled high with bread and covered with cloth napkins, as Tony, laden down with casserole dishes, thrust a head out the back door and bellowed for his brothers, who came running to help.
Hot German Potato Salad with Bratwurst, Country Ham Casserole, Sauerbraten, Baked Fish, and something no Lake Eden potluck dinner could be without, Minnesota Hotdish.
Roast fowl on the spit, and mushrooms in a casserole with redberry sauce.
There were long rolls of bread, hot from the oven, with plenty of butter and honey, a savory casserole of mushrooms and bland but nourishing boiled whiteroot, and the promised redberry sauce.
The main course was a noodle casserole in some delightful custardy sauce with miniature onions.
Baudelaire orphans smiled at Phil, and followed the other employees of the Lucky Smells Lumbermill into the kitchen, but they still had lumps in their throats as big as the lumps in the beef casserole that they ate for supper.
Baudelaire orphans ate their damp casserole, and they tried to be optimists like Phil, but try as they might, none of their thoughts turned out pleasant or hopeful.
It was Lois, with a dish of bread pudding in her hands, one of her rectangular Pyrex casseroles from fifty years ago.
Outdoor buffet tables were covered with a variety of salads, casseroles, pies, and cakes supplied by the wives of the ranch hands.
Well, they had burritos for lunch at school and I hate them, so I ordered from the Chinese place when I got home because I didn't exactly want tuna casserole.
She put together a tuna and noodle casserole and stuck it in the refrigerator so Bennett could heat it up later on.
People have been stopping by all morning, bringing casseroles and tins filled with everything you can imagine.
He found the Saturday paper sitting on the counter under several of the casseroles he had set aside for the church.