A type of kitchen utensil for grinding or pureeing food.
Example sentencesExamples
2 Pass the potato through a Mouli or use a potato ricer, then place in a large bowl and beat in the butter.
In the 1950s when Mrs Mona Morriss was bathing her children and pushing the home-grown vegetables through the Mouli, murder was so outrageous that it was on the front page of every newspaper.
4 Mash the potato until creamy and smooth or pass through a Mouli or potato-ricer.
3 Remove from the heat and either pass through a Mouli or sieve to remove all the stems and so on.
Origin
1930s: abbreviation of moulinette, from French moulinet 'little mill'.