I’m not sure who liked this recipe more, Chloe or the rest of the family. This Roast Pear & Banana Puree is naturally sweet and concentrated with fruit flavor. If you decide to prepare this for your baby, make sure to double the recipe because it’s addictive no matter how old you are!
Recently, I made Baked Maple Bananas for Kenya. Everyone who tried them couldn’t get over how delicious they turned out. They’re intensely sweet, creamy and have a delicious caramel note to them. I felt like there were more recipes to be mined from that one. Pears are in season and abundance at our farmer’s market, so I thought I would try roasting them together with bananas to make baby food for Chloe. There’s nothing wrong with pureeing ripe pears and bananas together, but when you roast them it just intensifies the flavors and texture even more.
Pears and bananas are a good source of fiber, so they’ll also help to get things moving when your little one gets stopped up (TMI?)
How did it come out? Amazing! I have no other words. In fact, if you don’t believe me, check out this quick video I posted here on Twitter of Chloe taking her first bites of it. Now the hard part is trying to keep this puree away from everyone else in the family! It’s so yummy, you’ll want to serve it on top of yogurt or even to spread on a bagel with almond butter. It’s funny how these days everyone in my family wants to eat Chloe’s baby food!
Photo by Maren Caruso
Roast Pear & Banana Puree
Ingredients
- 2 Bananas, cut into 1 inch pieces
- 2 pears, peeled and cut into wedges (I used Bartlett pears)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Place the bananas and pears on a parchment paper or Silpat lined baking sheet.
- Roast for 25 minutes.
- Puree until smooth.
- Cool and serve.
[…] covers our whole family from puree to taco. Â Yes, puree to taco. Â This morning I made the Roasted Pear & Banana Puree for our baby and this evening I made the Shrimp Tacos for everyone with a full set of teeth. […]
Here is a great article all about starting your baby on solid foods! http://www.babycenter.com/0_introducing-solid-food_113.bc?page=1 If there are food allergies in your family, it is best to avoid those foods until Baby is 1 year old. Otherwise you can start feeding many purees when they are ready to start on solids. Just wait three days between introducing new foods so that you can pinpoint exactly what it was if your baby has an allergic reaction.
Hey I was wondering if you could post how old your baby should be when they indulge in these purees, smoothies, and creams. Iam a new mom and I don’t really know the rules and do and don’ts. I love your site, but I don’t know what would really be appropriate for my 6 month old baby.
Just finished making this and can’t wait for my nine month old to try it. It is delicious!
[…] make much of his baby food using Catherine’s recipes. Once, I made such a large batch of her Roast Pear and Banana Puree that Jax couldn’t finish it all, so I served it atop vanilla gelato for dessert when guests […]
Made this for my 6.5month old today. She LOVED it! Thanks for sharing all of your ideas!
I made this with bananas that I had frozen from a time when they were over-ripe. Turned out great. It was a little dark but tasted great. I also pureed roasted apples with the bananas. She loved it.
This was amazing. my 9 month old literally licked the bowl clean. I haven’t tried freezing it. does it do well or does the banana change color?
Just made my husband try a sample of this and he asked me to make him some to pack in his lunch for work. Hopefully my babies like it just as much as we do!
I love this idea. I made it tonight with Asian pears (that’s what was available at the local orchard) and added pumpkin pie spice to give it a little more flavor. Oh my, it is really tasty. If the baby doesn’t like it, I might just keep it for myself 🙂
Yes, make sure you don’t give your baby too much banana puree. It’s indeed constipating.
Absolutely delicious!!! I made this yesterday and my 8-month-old loved it and so did everyone else in the family — even Grandpa 🙂
You can keep the puree in the fridge for up to 3 or 4 days. You can keep it frozen for up to 4 months.
My child like this very much. Can you let me know if I were to make like 250g of puree each time – how long can I keep the puree in the fridge?
How can I ensure that the frozen puree is safe to eat after 1 week, 2 week, 3 weeks? Is there any visual sign that I should look for that the puree is not contaminated and there is no bacteria growth?
Just to add to my previous comment… Pears, on the other hand, are one of the “4 P’s” that help to counteract constipation: Prunes, peaches, pears and peas. So pears and bananas should actually work really well to balance each other.
Sounds delicious and easy, but I just thought I’d mention that bananas are actually considered to be a constipating food rather than one to “get things moving.” From my experience this is true.