ramekin

Or ram·e·quin

[ram-i-kin]

noun

1. a small dish in which food can be baked and served.

2. a small, separately cooked portion of a cheese preparation or other food mixture baked in a small dish without a lid.

ramekin

/ ˈræmɪkɪn /

noun

1. a savoury dish made from a cheese mixture baked in a fireproof container

2. the container itself

Word History and Origins

Origin of ramekin¹

1700–10; < French ramequin < dialectal Dutch, Middle Dutch rammeken

Word History and Origins

Origin of ramekin¹

C18: French ramequin , of Germanic origin

Example Sentences

Another bite lands me on a patio in South Carolina, asking for a second ramekin of honey butter to go alongside a hot basket of cornbread-like hushpuppies like I have no shame.

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You can fill a buttered ramekin or small casserole dish to bake whatever does not fit in the pan.

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Cooked in ovenproof shells or ramekins, scallops are nestled within a rich sauce of wine, herbs and cream then topped with toasty, cheesy breadcrumbs.

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The ruse involves pretending to be from a gum company, offering gum samples, and covertly obtaining a DNA sample by offering a ramekin to throw away the gum.

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That it’s probably illegal to own ramekins before age 25, and even when you do have them, you might lose them to divorce or to the uncareful wiles of teenage children.

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