cassolette

[ kas-uh-let ]

noun

1. a container for cooking and serving an individual portion of food, usually made of pottery, silver, or paper, or sometimes of baked dough.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cassolette¹

1650–60; < French, equivalent to cassole ( casse small saucepan ( casserole ) + -ole diminutive suffix) + -ette -ette

Example Sentences

This is not the same variety as the Cassolette described by Leroy.

From Project Gutenberg

The Cassolette is so named from its resemblance to a small vessel made of copper and silver in which pastilles were burnt.

From Project Gutenberg

There appear to be several varieties of Cassolette three or four of which bear the synonym of Lechfrion.

From Project Gutenberg