1
: a brown crust formed on food that has been cooked au gratin
also
: a dish so cooked
2
: upper crust
the gratin of London society
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Begin lunch with a silky French onion soup with gruyere gratin, continue with cacio e pepe with housemade mafalda pasta with truffle butter and finish with brown-butter chocolate-chunk cookie with vanilla ice cream.
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Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2025
Add dip to prepared dish: Spoon into prepared gratin dish and spread into an even layer.
—Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2024
Murano will be an offshoot of the chef’s namesake Ferraro’s Kitchen Restaurant and Wine Bar in Miami and Blue Ridge, Georgia, and will feature dishes such as sea scallop gratin, zucchini rolls with shrimps and polpo alla Adriatica.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 7 July 2025
Spray a 2-quart gratin or baking dish with cooking spray; set aside.
—Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2024
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Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2025
Add dip to prepared dish: Spoon into prepared gratin dish and spread into an even layer.
—Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2024
Murano will be an offshoot of the chef’s namesake Ferraro’s Kitchen Restaurant and Wine Bar in Miami and Blue Ridge, Georgia, and will feature dishes such as sea scallop gratin, zucchini rolls with shrimps and polpo alla Adriatica.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 7 July 2025
Spray a 2-quart gratin or baking dish with cooking spray; set aside.
—Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2024
See All Example Sentences for gratin
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“Gratin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gratin. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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