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How to use colander in a sentence

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Drain in a colander and press down with a masher to squeeze out excess liquid.
Close the shells and pack the mussels tightly into a steamer, or a colander placed in a pan with a little water.
The secret is to bake the pumpkin first, then mash it through a colander, and use it like mashed apples in a pie.
I escaped fairly lightly, purchasing only rattan baskets, wardrobe storage solutions and a plastic colander.
Toss with a dessertspoon of sea salt and pack into a colander pressed with a weighted plate for approx. 1 hour.
Reheat noodles by pouring boiling water over them in a colander, drain and add to the mushrooms with the spring onions.
Place a colander over the top of a bowl and pour the mussels and clams into this, shaking well to catch all of the cooking juices.
Drain the penne in a colander, reserving a couple of tablespoonfuls of the cooking water.
Drain through a colander then return the cooking liquor to a clean saucepan and reduce for a further 15 minutes.
Strain stock through a colander, pass it through a fine-mesh sieve and reserve.
Leave them for a while to allow the dirt to sink to the bottom, then rinse them under cold running water and drain them in a colander.
At home, Kantor uses a colander and a bag filter to remove water and any food particles.
Binding glutens were added, and the mixture was strained through a large-holed colander into boiling water.
Drain in a colander set over a bowl, then shell the mussels before straining the juice carefully through a double muslin or chinois.
Line a colander or sieve with a couple of layers of cheesecloth and strain the soup.
Either steam them in a colander over a saucepan of simmering water, or shallow-fry in an oiled pan.
Sprinkle with a tbsp of salt and set aside in a colander to sweat for 30 minutes.
Strain through a colander and transfer to a food processor fitted with the metal blade.
Reserve a small cupful of the cooking water, and then drain the trofie into a colander and transfer them to the large bowl with the green beans.
Make the dressing by grating the cucumber coarsely and leaving it in a colander, lightly sprinkled with salt, for half an hour.
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Examples from Classical Literature
For cream of pea soup, simply substitute two cupfuls of cooked peas that have been pressed through a colander.
Do not stir them and mutilate them with a spoon, but turn them into a colander and drain.
Cook several potatoes and rice them by forcing them through a colander or a ricer.
Had I obeyed my own impulse, I should have been riddled like any colander.
Strain from it, through a hair sieve or colander, all the liquid.
Turn the dish in which it is to be served over the colander and unmold.
Steam in a colander for 1-2 mins, then transfer to a bowl and roughly crush with a fork.
This suggests colander, which, like portcullis, belongs to Lat.
Let it boil for five minutes, then drain them in a colander.
It's all about parboiling them first and then shaking them about in the colander so they get rugged around the edges and nice and crispy.
The cheese-vat should have holes in it all over like a colander.
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