galette

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 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. 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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Noun
  • Grease a 9-inch round cake pan (with 2-inch-tall sides) with cooking spray; line bottom with parchment.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 8 May 2025
  • Movie nights, homemade pizzas and cake decorating are regular rituals, and the young princess isn’t afraid to assert herself.
    Monique Jessen, People.com, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Staples like authentic Jamaican beef patties, curry powders, and fresh seasonings had to be shipped in from Houston or New York.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 May 2025
  • Even lean ground beef is considerably higher in fat than chicken though, at 10 g of fat in a 3-ounce patty compared to chicken's 3.57 g.
    Nancy LeBrun, Verywell Health, 8 May 2025

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“Galette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galette. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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