Name: Baby Shepherd’s Pie with Carrot
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: French cuisine
Ingredients: 3 oz potato (85 g); 3 oz carrot (85 g); 1/2 oz lean ground beef (15 g); 1 teaspoon finely minced onion (5 g); 1 tablespoon grated Gruyère cheese (5 g), except for babies with cow’s milk protein allergy; 1 teaspoon sunflower oil

We will start with the potato. Wash it, peel it, and cut it into fairly thin slices. (Choose potatoes that are suitable for purées so you do not end up with a sticky purée).

Now move on to the carrot. Wash it, peel it, and cut it into slices about 1/4 inch (5 mm) thick.

Cooking

Place the carrot slices in the steamer basket with the potato, then start cooking. Steam for 15 minutes! The vegetables should be very tender.

When the vegetables are cooked, take a few cooked carrot slices (about 10 g) and cut them into very small dice.

Heat 1 teaspoon sunflower oil in a pan. Once hot, add the minced onion over low to medium heat, making sure it turns lightly golden but not too much.

Then add the ground meat to the onions and continue cooking for about 2 minutes, stirring regularly so it cooks evenly.

Finally, add the diced carrot and let everything finish cooking gently for 1 minute.

Set the meat aside off the heat. Mash the potato and carrot slices with a potato masher or fork, adding cooking water as needed. The goal is for the purée not to be too heavy or too thick, so it is easy for baby to eat and swallow. You can also blend it directly in a small blender.

Place the meat in a small oven-safe ramekin, add the purée on top, then sprinkle with grated Gruyère. I blended the Gruyère first so there would be no little strands, which are not ideal for baby to eat, then sprinkled it over the purée. → No grated Gruyère for babies with cow’s milk protein allergy.

Place under the oven broiler for a few minutes, watching carefully. The Gruyère should be golden, but no more.

I want to point out that this purée still contains small pieces, as you may have noticed: tender diced carrot, ground meat, finely minced onion, and so on. It is best to adapt the texture to your baby. If baby does not chew yet, blend everything together; it will make a very flavorful blended shepherd’s pie. If baby can chew, the texture is fine, but always serve it under supervision. 😉

And there you have it, our baby shepherd’s pie with carrot recipe is finished, and baby can enjoy it!

Storage

Once your baby shepherd’s pie is finished, let it cool at room temperature for about 30 minutes if you want to store it and serve it to baby later.

Tip: When thawing, place the shepherd’s pie in the refrigerator the night before, or gently reheat it in a saucepan using a water bath for smooth, even reheating.

Preparing baby shepherd’s pie

Cooking

Storage

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Baby Shepherd’s Pie with Carrot