galette

noun

ga·​lette gə-ˈlet How to pronounce galette (audio)
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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Creamy syrup was the ideal accompaniment, and the leftovers are in my fridge now, waiting to be poured over an apple galette. The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appétit, 6 Dec. 2024 Standouts include lamb loin with pomegranate reduction and brie and pear galette. Annie Blackman, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2024 Treat yourself to an iced pistachio latte, perhaps with a blueberry custard galette. Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024 Electing to make a strawberry galette will ensure that your dessert course will probably not live to see a leftover stage. Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for galette 

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

Time Traveler
The first known use of galette was in 1775

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“Galette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/galette. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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