variants
or less commonly ramequin
1
: a preparation of cheese especially with bread crumbs or eggs baked in a mold or shell
2
: an individual baking dish
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Lightly grease two 6-ounce ramekins with cooking spray or butter.
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Gretchen McKay, Boston Herald, 7 May 2025
Fill the pan with the hot water halfway up the sides of the ramekins.
—Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2025
Fried twice, liberally dusted with salt and pepper and served with a ramekin of garlic aioli, a plate of these golden-brown beauties can easily sate three or four people as a starter.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 2 Mar. 2025
At the Surf Club Restaurant, a silver ramekin of three plump shrimp is the same price as the crab cake, and a dollar more than a half-dozen oysters Rockefeller.
—Tanya Sichynsky, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
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Gretchen McKay, Boston Herald, 7 May 2025
Fill the pan with the hot water halfway up the sides of the ramekins.
—Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2025
Fried twice, liberally dusted with salt and pepper and served with a ramekin of garlic aioli, a plate of these golden-brown beauties can easily sate three or four people as a starter.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 2 Mar. 2025
At the Surf Club Restaurant, a silver ramekin of three plump shrimp is the same price as the crab cake, and a dollar more than a half-dozen oysters Rockefeller.
—Tanya Sichynsky, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Ramekin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ramekin. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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