galette

noun

ga·​lette gə-ˈlet 

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

Synonyms

• cake
• croquette
• cutlet
• fritter
• patty
• pattie

Examples of galette in a Sentence

a golden-brown galette of lightly buttered and sautéed potato slices

Recent Examples on the Web

The book’s recipes are unrepentantly joyous: There’s a vegetable galette with a painterly rainbow of produce, white chocolate chip cookies with bursts of lemon and lime. —Mayukh Sen, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024

Breizh Café Savory Brittany-style buckwheat galettes are loaded with aged Comte, Basque chorizo, and onions caramelized in cider at this iconic crêperie. —Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2023

Similar to Carnival king cake and French galette des rois, roscas also have a favor — typically a plastic baby — inside the cake. —Christina Morales, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023

Perhaps apricot tahini shortbread bars, pistachio frangipane and blood orange galette or frozen mango and pomegranate pops. —Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2023

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French, going back to Old French galete, diminutive of Norman dialect gale "kind of flat cake," feminine derivative of Picard & Norman gal "pebble," probably going back to pre-Latin *gallo-

First Known Use

1775, in the meaning defined at sense 1