galette

Definition of galettenext
as in cake
a small usually rounded mass of minced food that has been fried a golden-brown galette of lightly buttered and sautéed potato slices

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Recent Examples of galette Deadline to order: Order must be in by Nov. 21 at 11 a.m. Price range: $5.50 per mini galette to $36 for an apple pie How to order: Order online at dozen-bakery.com. Hadley Hitson, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Nov. 2025 Classic dessert offerings include an apple galette and a quince torte, each for $32, and a honey walnut tart for $35. Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 15 Nov. 2025 Over a lunch of lobster salad and apple galette, conversation drifted easily between projects, passions, and reinvention. Rachel Marlowe, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2025 The galette must have gone into the oven at the start of the meal. Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for galette
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Noun
  • Cookbook writer Ellen Morrissey has a side hustle as a custom-cake baker and a knack for meeting exacting standards.
    The Editors, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Friday, April 17, Birthday Lunch, Oven Fried Chicken, mashed potatoes, peas, whole grain bread, peaches, cake, milk.
    Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Instead of eating the premium patties, the couple stuffed the burgers into a large duffel, adding desserts snatched from the buffet, the blog added.
    Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Wendy's has never outdone McDonald's in size or sales, either, but since its start in 1969, the chain with the square patties and the shakes too thick to be called shakes has had as big an impact as any other on the ways fast food is defined and sold around the world.
    Bob Vitale, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026

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“Galette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galette. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.

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