Slow pork and apple mash
- Age: 8–10 months (New textures)
- Texture: Mash
- Prep: 6 min
- Cook: 45 min
- Makes: 3 portions
Ingredients
- 60 g pork shoulder, diced small
- 1 sweet eating apple
- 1 small potato
- 150 ml water or unsalted stock
- 1 pinch dried sage
Contains: None of the common allergens
Method
- Simmer the pork in the stock with the sage, covered, 30 minutes until it falls apart.
- Add the peeled, diced apple and potato for the last 15 minutes.
- Shred the pork fine with two forks and mash everything together, loosening with the liquid.
- Cool to lukewarm.
Safety: Cooked right through, with no pink. Shredded very fine; stringy meat is hard to manage at this age.
Storage: Fridge 2 days, freezer 1 month.
Tip: Pork and apple is an old pairing for a reason. Shoulder, cooked slowly, shreds soft where leaner cuts turn stringy.
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