How to Use puree in a Sentence

puree

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• Skip the syrups and opt for just fruit juice or fruit purees.
  — Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 18 May 2026
• Add the olive oil and puree until smooth.
  — Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
• When smooth, add the potato and puree to blend.
  — Mary Ann Esposito, Boston Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
• Stir the chile puree and half of the cilantro into the broth.
  — Janelle Davis, CNN, 7 Feb. 2023
• Roast it and eat it plain, or blitz it into a smooth and creamy puree.
  — Taylor Worden, Good Housekeeping, 28 Apr. 2022
• Pour the contents of the soup pot into the mill and puree.
  — Georgeanne Brennan, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
• The mixture should be a fairly thick puree.
  — Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2026
• Spread a heaping spoonful of puree on plate.
  — Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026
• Add the ice cream, milk and espresso into a blender and puree.
  — ABC News, 10 Feb. 2023
• She's rolled over and is starting to eat purees and peanut butter.
  — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
• Meanwhile, carrots make a nice puree when cooked.
  — Sherri Gordon, Health, 28 Dec. 2025
• Stir in the chile and pumpkin puree, and whisk in the water or stock.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2022
• For a homemade touch, skip the can and make your own pumpkin puree.
  — Abby Fribush, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
• Add the lemon or lime juice, season with salt and pepper, and puree.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 28 Mar. 2022
• Add cream, sour cream, pumpkin pie spice, lemon juice and cooled pumpkin puree.
  — C.w. Cameron, AJC.com, 18 Jan. 2026
• Be careful to buy the puree and not the pie filling for the best results.
  — Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
• Transfer half of the corn mixture to a blender and puree until smooth.
  — Mackensy Lunsford, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2022
• Like applesauce, purees made from other fruits go well with latkes.
  — Faye Levy, Oc Register, 3 Dec. 2025
• Piri piri chicken was pure comfort over potato puree.
  — Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
• Best said that raw purees of garlic, onion, and ginger are spicy and pungent.
  — Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2025
• So, if a recipe calls for 1 cup of sugar, add half-cup of fruit puree instead.
  — Vanessa Caceres, Verywell Health, 24 Apr. 2026
• Blend until smooth, then freeze the puree in a popsicle mold with sticks overnight.
  — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2026
• Once cold, combine the cream, sugar, and passion fruit puree in the bowl.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
• When the soup is nearly done, transfer three cups to a blender and puree until smooth.
  — Chris Morris, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2023
• Then, push them through the potato ricer, transferring the puree back to a saucepan.
  — Molly Allen, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2025
• Tomato sauce is sometimes sold as tomato puree.
  — ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
• Maker’s Mark bourbon, peach puree, iced tea, lemon juice and mint.
  — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2026
• Bananas, dates, prunes, or raisins often work best as fruit purees for baking.
  — Vanessa Caceres, Verywell Health, 24 Apr. 2026
• This one has yuzu juice, plus mango and pineapple puree, for a not-too-sweet zingy flavor.
  — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Jan. 2026
• Littles loved the purees, and parents raved about the 5 grams of protein.
  — Good Housekeeping, 20 June 2023

puree

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• She used a blender to puree the soup.
• The best way to preserve them is to puree the flesh, then freeze.
  — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2023
• Remove the bay leaves and puree the beans with a hand blender or in a blender.
  — Ellise Pierce, star-telegram, 16 Jan. 2018
• Dice it up for a simple side dish, or scoop it out and puree it for soup.
  — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2023
• Use an immersion blender to puree the soup.
  — Karla Walsh, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
• The chiles are bloomed in hot water, then pureed into a paste.
  — Amisha Gurbani, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2023
• Stop blender; add flour, cornstarch, and salt; and puree 1 minute more.
  — Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 30 Apr. 2020
• Add the tomato paste, oregano and salt, then puree until smooth.
  — Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2020
• Take off the heat, remove sachet, and puree all of the fruit and cider.
  — Matt Wettish, Field & Stream, 20 Dec. 2019
• When making jam, the fruit is chopped or pureed and cooked down with sugar.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2023
• Use it to puree silky smooth soups right in the pot without dirtying your blender.
  — Lizzy Briskin, chicagotribune.com, 14 Apr. 2021
• Eat them out of your hand, or puree them and add them to a smoothie, ice cream, or pie.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2023
• To achieve a smooth sauce, puree the tomatoes and spices before adding the beans.
  — Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2022
• Be careful not to add too much broth when pureeing the walnut sauce.
  — Christopher Kimball, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2023
• Pulse a few times, being careful not to puree the mixture.
  — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
• Cool briefly and then use an immersion blender to puree the mixture.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland, 25 June 2021
• Working in batches, use a blender to puree the soup until very smooth.
  — Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 21 Aug. 2020
• In batches, puree the soup in a blender; season with salt and pepper.
  — Daniel Boulud, ELLE Decor, 12 Oct. 2017
• Pass the sauce through a food mill or puree to your taste with an immersion blender right in the pan.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland, 11 Feb. 2022
• In the same processor bowl (no need to clean it), puree the livers.
  — Gabriel Kreuther, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2021
• Then, working in batches, use a blender to puree until smooth.
  — Kit Waskom Pollard, baltimoresun.com, 24 Sep. 2017
• Just a few pulls will give you a chunkier texture, while more will fully puree.
  — Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 19 Sep. 2022
• In the bowl of a food processor, puree the basil with the olive oil to make a bright-green paste.
  — Daniel Boulud, ELLE Decor, 15 Jan. 2010
• Meanwhile, puree the onion, pear, garlic and ginger in a blender.
  — Sarah Fritsche, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Oct. 2017
• Steep for 30 minutes, then puree in a blender and strain through cheesecloth.
  — Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2021
• Take the shards that are in the bottom of a bag of chips, and puree them in a food processor.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2022
• The cook can make the choice of adding whole beans or pureeing some of the beans to produce a thicker soup.
  — Linda Giuca and Christopher Prosperi, courant.com, 12 Mar. 2018
• Remove the bay leaf and then use an immersion or standing blender to puree the soup.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2019
• When using an immersion blender, simply puree the soup right in the pot.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2024
• Using a blender, puree the soup in batches until smooth, then return it to the pot.
  — Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2020