galette
Americannoun
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any of various thin, round cakes or pastries, often with a filling or topping: a cabbage-stuffed galette.
a galette glazed with blackberry jam;
a cabbage-stuffed galette.
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a savory buckwheat crepe typical of northwestern French cuisine, cooked on a griddle and garnished with meat, cheese, vegetables, or egg.
Grandma always made ham-and-cheese galettes for Sunday brunch.
Etymology
Origin of galette
First recorded in 1775–80; from French, from Old French galet “smooth pebble on a beach,” from gal “pebble, chip”
Example Sentences
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It involves a few extra steps—making almond frangipane, apple butter and apple glaze—but they’re what makes this the best galette I’ve ever tasted.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
Order your whole specialty pies for Christmas, choosing from maple buttermilk, classic pecan, or apple cranberry rosemary galette.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2022
Celebratory chicken and rice, potato gratin, roast pheasants and apple galette — these L.A. home cooks are making Thanksgiving their own.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2022
Whatever’s left will find a happy home in pastry dough, baked into a gorgeous fruit galette.
From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2022
He was no sooner awake than he began to prepare himself for supper by eating galette, unripe pears, and cold potatoes—with, so far as I could judge, positive benefit to his appetite.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew
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