1
: a flat round cake of pastry often topped with fruit
2
: a food prepared and served in the shape of a flat round cake
a galette of potatoes
Examples of galette in a Sentence
a golden-brown galette of lightly buttered and sautéed potato slices
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The classic French version, the galette des rois, is a puff pastry cake usually filled with frangipane—a sweet cream made from almonds, butter, sugar, and eggs.
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Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Take your pick of savory buckwheat crêpes and galettes topped with comté cheese and ham or go for something sweet like salted caramel and Chantilly cream.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2025
Other treats, like savory quiches, muffins, and galettes, are more than worthy, too.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
Add a smidge to your favorite nut or snack mix, fall fruit galette, banana bread, sugar cookie dough, cream cheese frosting, carrot loaf cake, or granola.
—Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 13 Dec. 2024
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Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Take your pick of savory buckwheat crêpes and galettes topped with comté cheese and ham or go for something sweet like salted caramel and Chantilly cream.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2025
Other treats, like savory quiches, muffins, and galettes, are more than worthy, too.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
Add a smidge to your favorite nut or snack mix, fall fruit galette, banana bread, sugar cookie dough, cream cheese frosting, carrot loaf cake, or granola.
—Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 13 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for galette
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“Galette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/galette. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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