ramekin

American  

[ram-i-kin] / ˈræm ɪ kɪn /

Or ramequin

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.

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ramekin British  

/ ˈræmɪkɪn /

noun

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

2. the container itself

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Etymology

Origin of ramekin

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

Explanation

You might use a ramekin, a small serving dish that can be used in the oven, to make custard or individual servings of macaroni and cheese. Yum. A ramekin is basically a small, single-serving sized version of a casserole or baking dish. You can serve ice cream in a ramekin, or bake individual crème brûlées in ramekins, which are then also used as serving dishes. Ramekin can also mean an egg and cheese dish that's baked in a ramekin. The word comes from the French ramequin, "cheese dish baked in a mold," probably from the Flemish rammeken, or "toast."

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2024

Would it still poach properly if you didn't cover the ramekin?

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2023

At once crisp and creamy, the pasta cubes are punctuated with bacon and red pepper, dusted with parmesan and cooled down by a ramekin of ranch dressing, tinted pink with sriracha.

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2022

Allow to cool for 1 minute, then run a knife around the inside of the ramekin, and invert each cake onto a serving plate.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2022

A “left-over” which is otherwise hopeless may often be used advantageously in a ramekin with an egg.

From The Myrtle Reed Cook Book by Reed, Myrtle