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🥣 A smooth food 🥣 To blend smooth
puree

puree

29 3.0
Smooth food made by crushing or blending vegetables and fruit
  • noun
  • /pjʊˈreɪ/
translation icon : puré
  • The chef prepared a delicious carrot puree to serve alongside the main dish.
  • muscadine puree

And I'm missing some oh, pumpkin puree.

Examples

  • You can then strain the puree through cheesecloth to extract all the liquid.

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  • And then the darker sauce is a puree of kimchi.

  • It's got a sweet corn puree type thing happening.

  • I also add in a little bit of garlic puree as well, which you can as well, gives it a bit more flavor.

  • The main difference this time was that I wanted to add sweet potato puree to the dough.

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  • Sieve and put the puree back in the pot.

    Academic text (1994)

  • I served it with the carrot and parsnip puree, and truly, this could be a company dinner.

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  • I used pumpkin puree with a little nutmeg as the pizza sauce.

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  • So this is a strawberry puree from the farm fields of Orville, Ohio.

  • For my main course, I ate seared Arctic char served over celeriac puree with Brussels sprouts.

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Synonyms

purée
vspuree
  • UK
4 3.9

A smooth thick paste made by mashing or blending food

is the same meaning but spelled without the accent
mousseline
vspuree
1 7.9

A light smooth cream used in sauces and desserts made with whipped cream or egg white

is a denser smooth food made by cooking then crushing ingredients

Antonyms

solid
325 1.0

Firm and hard so it keeps its shape, not liquid

How Concentrated

puree
29 3.0
smoothie
39 2.0
fruit drink
2 1.5

Surface Forms

puree singular
purees plural

Etymology

Puree comes from French and shares the same root as pure, which means 'made pure' or 'clean'. A puree is food that has been smashed or blended until it is smooth and 'pure', so the name matches the idea of food without lumps.