Soft pear gives cooked rice a gently sweet flavour. Start with rice that is already fully cooked; if the pear is firm, steam it before combining so no hard fruit pieces remain.
Use freshly cooked, fully tender rice or rice cooled promptly and stored safely. If starting with dry rice, cook it according to the packet and allow additional time beyond this recipe's estimate.
Wash, core and deseed the pear, removing any tough peel. If the flesh is firm, steam until it crushes easily with a fork; ripe soft pear can be mashed without cooking.
Blend or finely mash pear and soft rice together with a little safe water until moist and spoonable, without firm fruit pieces or dense rice clumps. Serve promptly, observing the strict rice cooling and reheating guidance.
Offer a moist smooth spoonful for early eaters and a very soft mash as texture skills develop. No hard pear, seed fragments or compacted rice should remain. Include other foods across the day for dietary variety.
Smooth, moist spoon-fed mash made from fully cooked rice and tender, cored pear.
A soft, loose rice-and-pear mash with no hard fruit pieces or sticky clumps.
Plain pear and rice contain no intentionally added common major allergens. Check any packaged or seasoned rice and other additions separately.
Cool within 1 hour and refrigerate or freeze promptly. If refrigerated, use within 24 hours because the recipe contains cooked rice. Reheat only once until steaming hot throughout, then cool before serving.
Cool within 1 hour and refrigerate or freeze promptly. If refrigerated, use within 24 hours because the recipe contains cooked rice. Reheat only once until steaming hot throughout, then cool before serving.
This guide is informed by current guidelines from leading health organizations:
