50 ml Mini Bowls for Portion-Controlled Dessert Tastings

By Atmar Horeca team

A dessert tasting needs its own portion plan, not simply a smaller helping of everything on your dessert menu. With the Martellato Mini Bowl 1, your starting point is a 50 ml capacity and dimensions of 75 x 75 x 30 mm. Design the complete tasting within that format, including its garnish.

Give the 50 ml bowl a clear role on your dessert menu

Decide what the tasting is there to do before selecting its contents. You might offer a small dessert finish, a selection of contrasting tastes or a tasting version of an existing menu item. Choose a clear role and describe it consistently on your menu and in your service briefing.

Use wording such as “dessert tasting” or “mini dessert selection” to distinguish the offer from your individual desserts. If you serve several bowls together, state what the guest receives rather than leaving the scale of the offer unclear.

The Mini Bowl 1 is intended for single portions in pastry, ice-cream and Ho.Re.Ca. service. For this menu plan, treat its 50 ml capacity as the boundary for each complete tasting, not as an allowance for the main component alone.

Build tasting options from your existing pastry and ice-cream range

Review your existing range and shortlist preparations you can portion deliberately into the bowl. Start with a recognisable flavour or preparation from your menu, then decide which supporting elements are necessary to express it at tasting size.

Do not make every tasting a miniature copy of a complete plated dessert. Instead, give each option a clear focus. Use your trial to decide whether the main preparation works alone or needs a small supporting component.

• Choose a main preparation from your current pastry or ice-cream range.
• Identify the supporting element you want the guest to taste with it.
• Remove decorative additions that have no clear role in the small portion.
• Review the selection together so each tasting has a distinct purpose.

Keep the initial offer manageable for your team. Add options only after you have checked the complete portion and the assembly required for each one.

Fit every component and garnish within the small portion

Build your trial portions in the actual bowl. Its 75 x 75 x 30 mm dimensions should inform the arrangement, but they do not replace checking how your chosen components sit together within the 50 ml capacity.

Leave room for the finish when you portion the main preparation. If you fill the bowl first and decide on garnish afterwards, revise the build rather than allowing the finished dessert to exceed the intended format.

Tip: Trial the complete portion, including garnish, before setting the portion standard for your team.

Check the tasting with the spoon you intend to provide. Ask your team to assess whether the components can be taken together as intended and whether the bowl remains practical to serve. Record the approved arrangement so subsequent portions follow the same plan.

Separate tasting portions from 135 ml individual desserts

Keep your tasting offer distinct from a larger individual dessert. The Martellato PMOCO002 135 ml dessert cup provides a larger format for that separate menu role; do not treat it as interchangeable with the 50 ml tasting bowl.

Use separate portion standards and menu descriptions for the two formats. A shared flavour does not require an identical build: approve the tasting and the individual dessert separately, with each component considered in relation to its container.

Brief your service team on the distinction before launch. They should describe the tasting as the small-format offer you have designed, rather than as a substitute for the larger dessert.

Check dimensions, temperature limits and pack size before launch

Confirm the product details against your proposed preparation and service routine. Keep the stated temperature tolerance in view when planning use, and include the dishwasher-use limit in your bowl-handling procedures.

Plan your bowl requirement around the number of tastings in each order and your expected service needs. The 100-piece pack is a purchasing quantity, not a requirement to offer or prepare 100 tastings at once.

Trial the complete tasting offer before adding it to your menu

Run a trial from portioning through to presentation at the pass. Assemble the full selection, use the intended service wording and ask your team to follow the proposed portion standards.

Review the fill level, garnish, spoon access and distinction between options. Adjust any build that depends on an oversized finish or leaves the tasting's purpose unclear. Approve the complete offer only when your team can reproduce the portions you intend to sell.

Visit the Martellato Mini Bowl 1 product page to review the details and order it for your dessert tasting offer.