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Carrot Baby Puree

Carrots chopped, cooked very soft and blended into a bright, smooth puree for babies. No salt, no sugar.

By Wanda Oyola 35 min Easy

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Recipe in testing: I'm cooking it in my TM7™ and will update the steps and the photo with my own.

A small glass jar of smooth bright orange carrot puree with a silicone baby spoon and fresh carrots with green tops beside it.

Carrots turn into one of the brightest, sweetest vegetable purees, and they are easy to find and inexpensive all year. Cooked until very soft and blended with their own cooking water, they make a smooth, mild first food. There is no salt, sugar or honey in it, just carrots and water.

Carrots are firm, so the Thermomix® TM7™ chops them into small pieces first. That way they cook through in about twenty minutes, right in the bowl, and the cooking water goes straight into the puree. A final blend at high speed makes it silky. One batch fills a couple of ice cube trays.

Made in the Thermomix® TM7™

Carrot Baby Puree

Makes: About 800 g (3 1/3 cups), 26 small portions

  • Prep10 min
  • Cook25 min
  • Total35 min
  • Serves26

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Place the carrots in the mixing bowl and chop 5 sec/speed 5.
  2. Scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl with the spatula, add the water and cook 20 min/100°C (212°F)/speed 1, until the carrots are very soft.
  3. With the measuring cup in place, blend 1 min/speed 5-10, increasing speed gradually.
  4. Scrape down the sides and blend 30 sec/speed 10, until very smooth. If it is too thick, add water, 1 tbsp at a time, and blend 10 sec/speed 8.
  5. Let the puree cool until lukewarm, check the temperature on the inside of your wrist and serve a small portion in a bowl.

Tips

  • Ask your pediatrician before starting solids and about the right texture for your baby's age. First purees are usually very smooth and thin; as your baby grows, blend less and leave it thicker, then move on to soft mashed carrots.
  • Keep the puree covered in the fridge up to 2 days, or freeze it in an ice cube tray, then move the cubes to a freezer bag and use them within 2 months. Thaw in the fridge overnight.
  • Short on time? Use bagged baby carrots: no peeling needed, same weight and same cooking time.
  • Serve from a small bowl, not from the storage jar, and throw away what your baby does not finish.

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