ramekin

noun

ram·​e·​kin ˈra-mi-kən 

ˈram-kən

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

Examples of ramekin in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Seven ramekins come on a platter bearing beets with tehina, a puree of greens called olesh, cannellini beans and corn, cabbage with sumac onions, eggplant, Yemenite pickles and chershi, a butternut squash spread. — Connie Ogle july 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026

To make sure the mixture cooks all the way through, add hot water into the baking dish surrounding the ramekins — just halfway up. — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2026

Portion the mixture into six ramekins or small bowls. — Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 8 June 2026

The mixture’s divided into individual ramekins, topped with a drop biscuit, and sprinkled with demerara sugar for crunch. — Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

French ramequin, from Low German ramken, diminutive of ram cream

First Known Use

1653, in the meaning defined at sense 1