Glossary of food terms: P

Purée

A word used to describe either the act of making a smooth sauce or paste from various ingredients (verb), or the final result of such a process (noun). Meats, fruits and vegetables can all be puréed. Purées can be made in seconds if you have a blender or food processor. Otherwise use a sieve and push the ingredients through with a spoon into a bowl.

• Rolled pork with pea purée
• Chicken liver linguine with shallot purée
• Stuffed loin of pork wrapped with pancetta with parsnip purée