Nutrition
| Per 100 g | Per 1 oz (28 g) | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 295 kcal | 84 kcal |
| Protein | 3.3 g | 0.9 g |
| Fat | 0.8 g | 0.2 g |
| saturated | 0.1 g | 0 g |
| Carbohydrate | 62.1 g | 17.6 g |
| sugars | 40.2 g | 11.4 g |
| Fibre | 12.2 g | 3.5 g |
| Sodium | 83 mg | 23 mg |
Estimated from the ingredients, for the finished dried product. Actual values vary with the produce you use and how far you dry it.
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons powdered dehydrated cooked apples
- 1 teaspoon powdered dehydrated cooked sweet potatoes
- 1/4 cup boiling water
Instructions
- Use sweet potato powder that was dried from cooked flesh. Raw sweet potato holds starch granules that stay chalky in food that has only been wetted, and a baby will simply refuse it.
- Mix the apple and sweet potato powders together while they are dry. The apple is acidic and the sweet potato is starchy, and combining them dry stops the acid sitting concentrated against one patch of starch and thinning it.
- Add the boiling water in two or three goes, beating well between them. This sets much thicker than a fruit-only puree, and adding the water in stages gives you the chance to stop while it is still spoonable.
- Give it ten minutes before deciding it is too thick. Sweet potato powder goes on taking up water long after it looks finished.
- Serve it lukewarm. Both ingredients are sweet enough on their own to need nothing added, and a little cooled boiled water will let it down to whatever consistency your baby is up to.
- It keeps three days covered in the fridge and freezes well in an ice-cube tray. Sweet potato is one of the few purees that comes out of a freezer with its texture intact.
