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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Electing to make a strawberry galette will ensure that your dessert course will probably not live to see a leftover stage.
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Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 28 July 2025
But in recent years, local bakers have been adapting savory ingredients into all sorts of new and exciting items, from croissants to Danishes to galettes.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Don't fuss with homemade pie crust and latticework—this simple galette is just as pretty but way easier.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 7 July 2025
Enjoy buttery kouign-amann, flaky seasonal galettes, and pillowy sourdough loaves made in small batches.
—Keyla Vasconcellos, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
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Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 28 July 2025
But in recent years, local bakers have been adapting savory ingredients into all sorts of new and exciting items, from croissants to Danishes to galettes.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Don't fuss with homemade pie crust and latticework—this simple galette is just as pretty but way easier.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 7 July 2025
Enjoy buttery kouign-amann, flaky seasonal galettes, and pillowy sourdough loaves made in small batches.
—Keyla Vasconcellos, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for galette
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“Galette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/galette. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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