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 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 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 See All Example Sentences for galette
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Noun
  • Enjoy making this fluffy, delicious cake year-round by keeping some blueberries in your freezer.
    Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 31 May 2025
  • Walking With Dinosaurs Season 2 (PBS) 📺 9 pm The Playboy Murders Season 3 finale (Investigation Discovery) 📺 9 pm Super Mega Cakes (Food Network) Team Duff Goldman goes up against six teams of the country’s best cake artists over the course of four days — all at once.
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 30 May 2025
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  • So what kind of patty is the heavyweight champion of home delivery?
    Perri Ormont Blumberg, FOXNews.com, 24 May 2025
  • At the new Charlotte-area location, the team will be serving up bold Texas flavors that Harmon Dobson first launched in 1950, including Whataburger’s signature fresh, never-frozen beef patties on five-inch buns.
    Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 16 May 2025

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“Galette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galette. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.

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