ramekin

1. (cooking) A small glass or earthenware dish, often white and circular, in which food is baked and served.Examples: "The starters have arrived, two triangles of buttered brown bread and a neat little ramekin of crab buried under a haystack of cress, which Smith promptly relocates so that she can sprinkle it over each mouthful."; "Setting the soufflés before us, the waitress warns that the ramekins are hot."