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A small ceramic dish that makes any leftover look like fine dining.
means A small individual baking dish, typically ceramic, used for soufflés, custards, and single-serving oven dishes.
from From French ramequin, which named a savory cheese-and-egg dish before it came to mean the dish it was baked in. The French word likely traces back through Walloon or Dutch roots connected to 'rammeken,' possibly tied to words for soft cheese or minced mixtures — the exact path is murky, but the cheesy beginnings are well attested.
- name origin
- from french ragout term, not the mold
- true purpose
- portion control via adorable tiny bowl
- oven test
- survives 500 degrees, unlike your feelings about souffle
- spelling cousin
- ramekin is the lazy american shortcut