From 9 monthsSnackUnder review by our nutritionist
Cooked pear wedges with cinnamon
A finger-food snack: long wedges of cooked pear, soft enough to squash between your fingers. Your baby practices grasping and chewing with a fruit everyone has at home.
- Difficulty
- 2 out of 5
- Ingredients
- 2 out of 5
- Time
- 2 out of 5, 20 min20 min
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Makes 2 servings
Ingredients
- 1 ripe pear
- 1 pinch ground cinnamon (optional, no sugar)
- 1 cup water
How to make
- 1Wash and peel the pear. Cut it into 8 long wedges and remove the seeds and the hard core.
- 2In a small saucepan, cook the wedges in the water, covered, over low heat for about 10 minutes.
- 3Drain, sprinkle with cinnamon and let them cool until warm before serving.
Tips
- Texture (9–11 months): a wedge should squash easily between your thumb and index finger. If it resists, cook it longer.
- Right size: a long wedge, about the size of an adult finger, so your baby can hold it and bite the tip. Never give hard raw pear at this stage.
- Always together: your baby eats sitting up, with an adult beside them and no distractions.
- Cinnamon: only pure ground cinnamon. No sugar, honey or cinnamon sugar.
- Storage: fridge for up to 2 days, in a closed container.