Broccoli 'Cream' Pasta with Prawn Balls

5 stars

About the recipe

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.

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

GF | EF | NF | RSF

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.

Recipe for Boob to Food by Jane Houston

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

Equipment

Steamer
Blender
Pasta Pot
knife

Method

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