purée
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- noun
- /pjʊˈreɪ/
- UK
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puré
- Top with the other half of the butternut purée and then another layer of pasta.
- 1 cup of purée
- potato purée
- tomato purée
Examples
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Soup, potage Saint-Germain with purée de madeleine.
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The chef added garlic to the tomato purée to enhance the flavor of the sauce.
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When the guy gets purée.
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Add chicken stock, tomato purée, and garlic.
Academic text (1993) -
As he said Of Niro once... " Your brain turns into purée ".
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How about fresh farm-to-table, a purée of my balls!
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"You should have seen the look on his face as he puked up the manioc purée we had with the chicken Moamba."
Fiction book (1995) -
Purée of parsnip and crookneck squash.
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We are a squash family, so we will eat it like pumpkin purée, or purée it for recipes like pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, or even pumpkin bars (recipe coming soon!).
Blog text (6) -
For dessert, she served a delicious apple purée alongside vanilla ice cream.
Synonyms
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A thick soft mixture used as a food spread or glue
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Smooth food made by crushing or blending vegetables and fruit
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A light smooth cream used in sauces and desserts made with whipped cream or egg white
How Smooth
Surface Forms
Etymology
Purée comes from French and is related to pure, which means 'clean' or 'simple'. So a purée is food that has been made very smooth and 'pure', a thick paste used as a sauce or for babies.