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Small bowls of carrot, pea and apple purée with a baby spoon

Pear and Apple Purée

Ripe pears and apples stewed until soft, cooled and pressed through a Sana homogenising screen into a smooth, naturally sweet purée.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Cooling 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings: 15 ice-cube portions (about 450 g)
Course: Baby Food

Ingredients
  

  • 2 ripe pears peeled, cored and chopped
  • 2 sweet apples peeled, cored and chopped, pips removed
  • 3 tbsp water

Equipment

  • Small saucepan with lid
  • Shallow dish for cooling
  • Sana 707, 727 or 929 juicer with homogenising screen
  • Ice-cube tray and freezer bags

Method
 

Cook
  1. Put the fruit and water in a small pan, cover and simmer gently for 8 to 10 minutes, stirring once, until completely soft. Add no sugar.
  2. Tip into a shallow dish and let it cool.
Press
  1. Fit the homogenising screen, with a bowl under the end of the drum and a small bowl under the juice outlet.
  2. Feed the fruit through slowly and stir in anything from the juice outlet.
  3. Refrigerate for up to 2 days, or freeze in an ice-cube tray and move the cubes to a labelled, dated freezer bag.

Notes

Once your baby is used to it, stir a cube into plain porridge, or leave it a little lumpier as they move on to thicker textures.