First beef: beef and carrot purée
- Age: 6–8 months (First tastes)
- Texture: Purée
- Prep: 5 min
- Cook: 18 min
- Makes: 3 portions
Ingredients
- 50 g beef mince
- 1 carrot
- 1 small potato
- 150 ml water or unsalted stock
Contains: None of the common allergens
Method
- Brown the mince in a dry pan, breaking it up small. Add the sliced carrot, diced potato and stock.
- Simmer, covered, 15 minutes until everything is soft.
- Blend completely smooth. Cool to lukewarm.
Safety: Cooked right through, with no pink. Blended fully smooth — a first meat purée must have no strings.
Storage: Fridge 2 days, freezer 1 month.
Tip: Red meat is the most absorbable iron there is, and iron stores run down from six months. A few spoonfuls of this a week does real work.
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