This recipe is a great one to share with your little one, and also a great way to keep up allergy exposure to shellfish. You can also just offer your little one the prawn balls – which are GF and EF so a great way to introduce prawns (shellfish) if you haven’t already.
Able to be frozen: no
Broccoli Cream Pasta with Prawn Balls
GF | EF | NF | RSF
Equipment
- 1 Steamer
- 1 Blender
- 1 Pasta Pot
- 1 Knife
Ingredients
- 225g broccoli florets (roughly one head)
- 1/2 avocado
- 30g shallot - using only the green part
- 5 anchovies + 1 tsp anchovy oil (anchovies preserved in olive oil) 20g parmesan
- 1 cup + 1/4 hot steaming water from the broccoli
- 250g pasta of choice*
Prawn Balls Ingredients
- 250g prawns
- 20g spring onion - whites only
- 1 tbsp tapioca
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- Zest of 1/2 lemon
- 1 tsp cooking oil/fat of choice
Instructions
- Slice the florets from the broccoli stem, rinse and place into a steamer to steam until just soft
- Add the steamed broccoli to a blender with the avocado, diced shallots, anchovies and anchovy oil, parmesan and the hot steaming liquid.
- Blend until smooth. Season with salt to taste if serving for older children and adults
- Cook pasta in boiling water to serve
To make the prawn balls
- If using frozen prawns, soak them in water for 15 minutes to defrost
- Smash the prawns with the back of a knife, then finely chop and add them to a small bowl
- Finely dice the white of the shallot, adding to the prawns with the tapioca flour, lemon juice and lemon zest and mix well
- Preheat a frying pan over a medium heat, adding in the cooking oil/fat
- Once the pan is hot, roll the mixture into rough balls in your hand before frying for roughly 3 minutes, until cooked within
Notes
AGE APPROPRIATE: When on 3 meals a day and tolerating fish/shellfish/dairy OR you can just serve the prawn balls to babies on 2 meals a day.
* You could also change the protein here to white fish, chicken or beef
* We would recommend a pulse pasta like this for added protein which is GF.
* We would recommend a pulse pasta like this for added protein which is GF.
Recipe for Boob to Food by Jane Houston
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