cooking foods before pureering?

[lizzymcfizzy]

hi, I'm just starting the whole solids thing and want to give my baby pears.

After peeling I think I have to cook them before purerring them?? Is it ok to cook in the microwave, then puree then let it cool before serving?

is that how its done?

tIA!

[ButterflyMama]

Yup that's how it's done. Peel and core, cover with a little cooled boiled water and pop in the microwave with some glad wrap over for 5 mins or so. Let cool then puree with a stick blender for nice smooth consistency.

[bambino]

It does get confusing hey?

But yes you need to cook them first.
I peel my pears and put them in a saucepan with a few tablespoons of water and simmer until they're soft.
Drain the water then puree. Let cool before serving. Pears tend to hold heat for quite a while too.

It's easier to puree anything while it's hot.

You can also cook up a whole batch, puree, put into small 1 serve size containers and freeze. Then when needed just defrost in the microwave and serve.

[lizzymcfizzy]

thanks ladies. i feel a bit silly asking

[squiglet]

Why do you have to cook Pear first?

It's a pretty soft fruit, I go right ahead and just puree it up (after peeling and coring of course)
Other fruits need cooking, hard ones like apple, otherwise it's prety hard to puree it up.

[lizzymcfizzy]

good question sqiglet. I gave dd one serving uncooked by mistake.

I recently bought a heap of pears cheap because they were ripe and had a little brusing. is it ok to use them? I figure if I cut out the brusing they'd be ok