soseuttaa

Soseuttaa is a Finnish verb meaning to turn food into a smooth puree by mashing, blending, or processing. It is used in cooking to describe making vegetables, fruits, or other ingredients into a uniform, soft texture. The term is common when preparing baby food, soups, sauces, or desserts that require a smooth consistency. The noun form sose refers to the puree itself, and soseutus denotes the act or result of pureeing.

In grammar, soseuttaa is a transitive verb. The present tense forms include soseutan (I puree), soseutat (you puree), and soseuttaa (he/she/it purees). The passive form is soseutetaan (is being pureed). Past tense forms are soseutin, soseutit, and soseutti (I/you/he/she pureed). The past participle is soseutettu. Finnish verb conjugation follows standard patterns, so other tenses and moods are formed with regular endings.

Common usage examples include: Soseuta keitto tasaiseksi. (Puree the soup to a smooth texture.) Hän soseuttaa porkkanat ja omenat soseeksi. (She purees the carrots and apples into a purée.) Soseutettu kasviskeitto maistuu kermaiselta. (The pureed vegetable soup tastes creamy.) The term is versatile across recipes and meal contexts, from everyday cooking to baby food preparation.

See also: sose, soseutus, and related cooking terms in Finnish. The concept is primarily culinary and descriptive, with no specialized terminology outside routine food preparation.