Easy Creamy Ricotta Risotto For Baby Led Weaning
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Ricotta Cheese Risotto For Baby Led Weaning
Ricotta cheese is an excellent choice for baby-led weaning due to its soft texture and mild flavour, making it easy for little ones to handle and enjoy.
Rich in protein and calcium, ricotta supports healthy growth and development, while its creamy consistency allows for easy mixing with a variety of vegetables such baby spinach.
Offering ricotta with steamed or roasted veggies, spread on wholegrain toast, or blended with fruit can provide a nutritious and delightful meal for your baby.
It introduces essential textures and flavours, encouraging adventurous eating habits from an early age.
Is Ricotta Cheese Good For Babies
Ricotta cheese can be a great addition to your baby's diet during baby led weaning. It is soft, creamy, and easy for little ones to grasp and manipulate, making it an ideal food for self-feeding.
Ricotta is rich in protein and calcium, which are essential for your baby's growth and development. It has a mild flavour that pairs well with both sweet and savoury foods, allowing for versatile meal combinations.
Just be sure to choose whole-milk ricotta to maximise its nutritional benefits and always check for any potential allergies before introducing new foods.
Ingredient information
Olive oil - I have used olive oil, but you can use unsalted butter if you like for added flavour.
Shallots - I have used a couple of shallots, but you can use a red or white onion if you like.
Garlic granules - I have used garlic granules but you can use a grated garlic clove instead too, I used garlic granules for convenience.
Rice - I have used long grain rice for this recipe, long grain rice is a good substitute if you did not have risotto rice.
Lemon - Lemon juice is very tasty in this risotto recipe. If you did not have fresh lemon you could use a concentrated lemon juice instead.
Ricotta cheese - This is a yummy cheese to use in savoury or sweet dishes. You can use cream cheese or mascarpone instead if you did not have ricotta cheese. You can also stir in cheddar cheese at the end when you add the lemon juice for extra cheesiness.
Stock cube - I have used a zero salt vegetable stock cube to reduce the salt added to the recipe. You can use a low salt variety too.
Serving suggestion
The risotto would be great served spinach cooked in a little butter or you could stir through fresh spinach into the risotto if you like.
You can also serve with cucumber batons, red pepper slices or fresh tomatoes quartered.
Other recipes you may like: Cheesy rice balls, Vegetable pilaf rice or Creamy chicken risotto.
Storage instructions
The risotto can be stored in the fridge for future meals for up to 3 days, stored in an airtight container, or you could use a container with plastic wrap to cover the pasta.
If you wanted to freeze the risotto, you will need to store in an airtight container.
Make sure the risotto has cooled to room temperature before transferring to an airtight container to the freezer.
To defrost the risotto leave in the fridge overnight, and make sure it has fully defrosted.
To reheat the risotto recipe, transfer to a preheated oven on 180C or 350F and reheat on a medium-high heat. Make sure when you reheat that the risotto has been heated until piping hot, but obviously leave to cool before serving to your baby.
Equipment used to help with this recipe
Saucepan - So many pan sets out there but I particularly like to use pans with a non-stick surface for ease of cleaning and ones that are suitable for different types of hob surface.
Airtight container - I much prefer the click-shut lids on these containers compared to others. They are also dishwasher and freezer safe and BPA free, so very suitable for food use.
Recipe | Easy Creamy Ricotta Risotto For Baby Led Weaning
Easy Creamy Ricotta Risotto For Baby Led Weaning
Ingredients
Instructions
- Start by pouring the olive oil into a saucepan and turn the heat to a medium-high heat. Boil your kettle and pop the stock cube in a measuring jug.
- Turn down the heat to a medium heat and add the shallots to the pan. Cook the shallots for a few minutes until golden brown.
- Add the garlic granules to the shallots and cook and stir for 30 seconds or so.
- Pour 700ml of hot water in the jug with the stock cube and mix until melted. If you have a small jug, you can top the jug up with hot water.
- Next add in the rice to the saucepan and pour in a little of the stock mixture and wait until the water has disappeared and repeat until you have used all of the stock mixture.
- Spoon the ricotta cheese into the risotto along with the lemon juice and stir. You can add a little black pepper on top if you like.
Notes
This recipe can be made dairy free/vegan. All you will need to do is use a dairy free/vegan cream cheese of your choice. Make sure the vegetable stock cube is vegan too.
A great recipe for baby and the whole family too.
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