Galette (from the Norman word gale, meaning 'flat cake') is a term used in French cuisine to designate various types of flat round or freeform crusty cakes or pies, or, in the case of a Breton galette (French: Galette bretonne [galɛt bʁətɔn]; Breton: Krampouezhenn gwinizh du), a pancake made with buckwheat flour, usually with a savoury filling. Of the cake type known as galette, one notable variety is the galette des rois (king cake) eaten on the day of Epiphany.
Galette (from the Norman word gale, meaning 'flat cake') is a term used in French cuisine to designate various types of flat round or freeform crusty cakes or pies, or, in the case of a Breton galette (French: Galette bretonne [galɛt bʁətɔn]; Breton: Krampouezhenn gwinizh du), a pancake made with buckwheat flour, usually with a savoury filling. Of the cake type known as galette, one notable variety is the galette des rois (king cake) eaten on the day of Epiphany.
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