Your best ramekin recipes please

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I know MNers love a ramekin Have recently acquired two ramekins and now can't think of anything to make in them. What do you do with yours?

put crisps in.

fill with leftovers in the fridge.

cook small portions of frozen peas in teh microwave.

I make lemon posset and choc pots with mine!

sweet or savoury?

I just have stacks of them. I love them. Even the name makes me smile (I call them Lammy-kins). DH thinks that I have a screw lose.

put in a little olive oil, a little balsamic vinegar, garlic, oregano, salt put in a chicken breast (or half of it), sprinkle with brown sugar and fill with white wine. bake for 20 min. eat.

Little chicken pot pies
Mini shepherds pies
Mini fish pies

are you sensing a theme here?

To be fair wahwahwah I think your DH makes a valid point

But they are so cuuuuute.

Hooray for crisps and pies

RockStock, sweet and savoury are both winners in my house, so I am open to whatever tips you have.

Ok, I shall jot a few ideas down this afternoon then.

Baked Eggs

Oven to 180. Boil kettle. Butter the ramekins and then crack an egg into each one. Season, and for a bit of luxury pour a little double cream carefully on top. Put the ramekins into a roasting dish and pour enough water in the dish to come half way up the sides of the ramekins. Bake for about 15 minutes for soft and runny yolks.

Variations....

Mushrooms - finely slice some mushrooms and cook in a little butter with a crushed clove of garlic. Put these in the bottom of the ramekins first.

Spinach - cook as per the mushrooms above etc etc

serrano/parma ham - finely chop a couple of slices per person and pop in the bottom of the ramekin.

Chocolate Mousse:

2 medium eggs
60g chocolate
2 tsp sugar

Break the chocolate into pieces and melt in a bain marie. Separate the eggs.

Whisk the egg whites into soft peaks, add the sugar, and whisk briefly.

Mix the egg yolks quickly into the melted chocolate and then whisk in a third of the egg white. Fold the rest very gently into the mixture until just combined, put into the ramekins and leave to set for about 4 hours in the fridge.

And, of course... mini pies etc etc. Also use mine for potted shrimps, cucumber mousse, patés etc etc.

I do individual cheesecakes in mine.

yum! thanks, you are all making me hungry.

Camembert cheese, chop roughly and fill ramekin to about halfway
Chop approx one clove of garlic per ramekin and sprinkle on top
Add some fresh parsley/chives and course black pepper

Pop in the oven at 180 for about fifteen mins and eat hot with fresh bread or breadsticks

I do mini banoffee pies, but with a twist: layer smashed up ginger oat biscuits, then dulce de leche, then sliced banana, then green/naturay yogurt.

It doesn't need any setting, and the yogurt it a lovely change from cream and gives it a bit of tartness.