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galette

galette

2 7.4
A flat round pastry with a sweet or savory filling baked without a pan
  • noun
  • /ɡəˈlɛt/
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  • Loosen by sliding a metal spatula underneath the galette before it cools.
  • apple galette
  • mushroom galette
  • cheese galette

Examples

  • Mary inspired me to try more galettes.

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  • Your slice of pie or galette will stay beautifully intact to serve, only to surrender into tender, flaky, buttery, delicious crumbs as you bite into it.

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  • Basic apple galette for the holidays.

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  • Set aside and continue with the construction of the galette.

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  • Is there a need to reduce the butter for the galette?

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  • If you find the amount of flour in the galette recipe too little, feel free to add more.

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  • Continue until the entire pastry is covering the filling, leaving an opening in the middle of the galette for the apples to show through.

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  • It also makes a phenomenal galette.

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  • From this recipe, using 2 1/4 cups of flour, I made two tarts: an apple galette and an apple crostata.

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  • I baked an apple galette with a buttery crust and sweet filling.

Synonyms

tart
vsgalette
93 1.6

A small open pastry filled with fruit or custard

is flat and round, often filled and baked free without a pan
pastry
vsgalette
90 1.0

A baked item like a croissant or tart that people often eat with coffee

is a specific flat round baked item usually free formed without a pan
French pastry
vsgalette
2 3.2

A sweet baked treat from France often filled with cream or jam

is used for both sweet and savory flat round free formed items

Surface Forms

galette singular
galettes plural

Etymology

Galette comes from French for a small, flat cake and one popular image links it to galet 'pebble' because of its round, flat shape. So a galette is a simple flat, round pastry that can be folded or filled and baked without a pan.