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Pumpkin purée

  • Time to make: 15 mins
Ratings: 4.0
  • 1 cup pumpkin, peeled, cut into 1cm cubes
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    Stove top

    1 Cover pumpkin with water, bring to the boil and simmer until soft (3-5 minutes).

    2 Purée in a blender or push pumpkin through a sieve with a wooden spoon. Add water to make a smooth, thin consistency.

    Microwave

    1 Add 1 tablespoon water to pumpkin and cook in a covered dish for 5 minutes on high until pumpkin is soft.

    2 Purée in a blender or push pumpkin through a sieve with a wooden spoon. Add water to make a smooth, thin consistency.

    Variations

    Use this recipe with other first vegetables such as potato, kumara or carrot. Once your baby has tried these single tastes, try combinations of vegetables.

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