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Vegetable dressing, close to puree, breaks up fat (5,4)

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I believe the answer is:

sugar beet

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'vegetable' is the definition.
(sugar beet is a kind of vegetable)

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(Other definitions for sugar beet that I've seen before include "foodstuff" , "It produces sweetener" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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