Meaning & use
gaufrette
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A thin, crisp wafer or waffle-textured biscuit, often used as a garnish or base in fine desserts.
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The pastry chef served the ice cream with a delicate gaufrette on the side.
Thinly sliced gaufrette potatoes are fried until golden and lattice-patterned.
A note on using this word
The word comes from the French "gaufre" (waffle) and appears in both pastry and savory cooking, notably in "pommes gaufrette," a lattice-cut fried potato.
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