puree
/ˈpjʊəreɪ
/(also purée)
noun [mass noun]
A smooth cream of liquidized or crushed fruit or vegetables: tomato puree...
- Meanwhile, melt the butter in a large pan, add the anchovies, tomato puree, crushed garlic and olive paste, and stir until it sizzles.
- Add the chickpeas and greens along with the Basic Curry sauce, tomato puree and salt.
- It is perfect and subtle stuff: smoky from the eggplant's grill-induced char, with a light, nubbly texture more interesting than a resolutely smooth puree's.
verb (purees, pureeing, pureed) [with object]
Make a puree of (fruit or vegetables): puree the potatoes throughethe sieve...
- Next, blend the soft plums in a food processor on the pulse setting until they are pureed.
- We had two children, aged 19 months and seven, with us, and the restaurant coped well - cooking the children's meals first and even pureeing our toddler's dinner.
- The charm of this delicate English recipe is that the cauliflower isn't pureed.
Origin
Early 18th century: French purée, literally 'purified', feminine past participle of purer.