How to make apple compote for babies?

Compote of apples, rich in vitamins and microelements, is extremely useful for an infant. It is no coincidence that, starting from feeding a karapuz, one of the first fruits to be introduced into the diet is an apple.

An apple on the part consists of a liquid that is rich in minerals and vitamins. It helps to increase appetite, stimulates the improvement of digestive processes. In addition, the fruit contains pectins, which have a positive effect on the baby’s stools. It has a choleretic effect.

Apple is included in the diet for diseases of the liver and kidneys. It can increase the level of iron in the blood. Warm apple compote is indicated for laryngitis, as it has the ability to repair ligaments.

Apple compote can be used as a drug with a hypnotic effect. This is explained by the presence of vitamin B6 in apples, as well as magnesium and potassium, which have a calming effect on the nervous system.

Eating these fruits leads to a decrease in blood sugar levels, easier breathing. They contribute to the prevention of heart disease.

Pediatricians usually recommend giving diluted freshly squeezed fruit juices (including apples) to children up to one year old. Apple compote can be a good alternative. The main condition for this: the fruit should not be subjected to excessive heat treatment. This drink contains enough vitamins and at the same time causes minimal irritation of the gastric mucosa.

Current trends in pediatrics recommend starting feeding infant children from six months. It is believed that before they reach this age, breast milk (or formula for artificially fed babies) is sufficient. Therefore, in the diet of crumbs of apple compote, you can enter from six months.

For the preparation of compote the best option would be homemade apples. They should not have damage, wormholes. Thoroughly washed fruits can be cut into several pieces before boiling. At the same time, there is no need to remove the seeds or peel them, since they contain the maximum of beneficial microelements and vitamins.

If the opportunity to use the home product is not available, then you can use the fruit from the supermarket. In this case, it should be remembered that the peel of such fruits is processed with a special composition that prevents damage to fruits. Accordingly, these apples must be peeled.

In the summer, the variety of varieties allows a greater choice of raw materials for compote. In winter, the choice is limited.

This fact confirms that the variety contains a large amount of vitamin C - this is important for the prevention of colds in the fall and winter. In this compote does not hurt to add fructose or honey (in the absence of an allergy to this product).

Introduce this dish in the diet of the baby should be gradually, as, indeed, and any other complementary foods. In the first times compote, it is advisable to dilute boiled water. After the infant's organism becomes accustomed to a new product, it will not be necessary to add fluid.

Compote of apples is recommended to use between meals. This drink can quench your thirst during a walk with the peanut. But pediatricians are not recommended to drink food during the main reception. This is due to the fact that drinks can reduce the concentration of gastrointestinal juice, resulting in possible problems with the digestive tract.

Compote can be poured into a bottle with a nipple, if the baby is used to it. But breastfed babies often do not find a common language with such a device as the nipple. They can be given compote with a teaspoon or a cup of small size. Manufacturers of children's products also offer special drinkers for young gourmets.

With the introduction of apple compote as a complementary food, a certain sort of apple should be used. It is important to identify the fact of allergic reactions. After getting used to the children's organism to consume several varieties separately, you can try to mix them.

In infancy, the child may experience disorders of the digestive system: in this case, despite all the benefits of this product, its use should be postponed for the future.

The recipe for this drink is simple. For one small serving it is enough to take one large apple and 250 ml of water. Carefully washed fruit cut into slices (in the case of the use of the store fruit - get rid of the peel). The cut pieces are placed in a small saucepan and poured with one glass of water. The container is placed on the stove, a medium flame is set. After the liquid has boiled, the fruit should boil for a quarter of an hour.

In the case of the use of sour fruits, compote will not interfere with sweetening. Sugar for children of the smallest age is not recommended. The best option is the use of fructose. If a mother knows for sure that her child responds well to bee products, it can be replaced with a small amount of natural honey. Moreover, it is better to buy honey not in the nearest supermarket, but from people involved in beekeeping.

After the end of the brewing process, the beverage is allowed to cool. At this stage, it is infused, during which the pieces of apples saturate the liquid with their beneficial substances.

Often, babies who are bottle-fed, there is a problem of constipation. To solve it, you can use the following method: take out slices of apples on a sieve, grind them with a spoon to obtain a slurry. The resulting mass is mixed with fruit decoction. In such a drink will contain pectins in large quantities, which will help the kid empty the intestines. The use of the pulp of this fruit is a prophylactic measure of dysbiosis.

After successfully cultivating an apple delicacy for babies, you can proceed to new options - use a combination of two fruits, for example, an apple and a pear. In this case, you will need 1 large fruit of each fruit and half a liter of water.

Thoroughly washed under running water, fruits are freed from the core, cut into individual pieces. Next, put the workpiece in a container for cooking. Add liquid. For children under the age of one year to add sugar is not recommended; For children who have crossed this age threshold, you can add a tablespoon.

The cooking process is carried out on medium heat with the lid closed. Ten minutes after boiling, remove and leave to infuse for one hour to cool completely.

Such a compote can be cooked with pulp. In this case, the cooked compote is whipped with a blender. This dish will have a richer taste. If this compote like crumbs, then you can use it in this version. However, it should be noted that in the process of heat treatment, the entire vitamin reserve passes into the water, but it practically does not remain in the pulp. In this regard, the useful qualities of these variations are the same; therefore, the choice of one or another method is determined only by taste preferences.

Ingredients for this dessert are the following products: 1 green apple, a handful of raisins, 3 blue plums, liter of water.You can add fructose, sugar or honey (depending on the age of the baby and its tolerance of bee products).

The cooking process is quick and does not contain complex operations:

• apples and plums are washed;
• apples cut into small pieces;
• plums are broken into halves, the bones are to be removed;

• raisins should be scrupulously washed in several waters;
• the components prepared as described above are sent to the cooking vessel, followed by water;
• compote is brought to a boil, the flame is quieter and the ingredients are boiled for about a quarter of an hour over low heat (five minutes before the end of cooking, sweeten with fructose or granulated sugar, if the choice is made in favor of a product);
• after disconnecting, a teaspoon of honey is added (if used) and the drink is infused for half an hour.

Such compote can be prepared with the addition of apricots. It is suitable for infants from 6 months.

Upon reaching the child of one year old, you can try to make compotes from dried apples. The crumb will not remain indifferent to such a fragrant drink. There is no need to add sugar in the cooking process: pediatricians and children's nutritionists advise that children should be taught to consume sweets as late as possible. If we are talking specifically about dried fruits, then this product contains natural sweets in sufficient quantities.

In order to cook a flavored drink from this component, you should do the following sequence of actions.

• Take a handful of dried apples. Fill them with ½ liter of cold water. The soaking process will take about an hour.
• After the time specified above, the fruits will increase in size (swell), and dust and debris will settle to the bottom of the tank. Dirty water gently drains. It does not hurt to wash the resulting component under running cold water.
• In a small saucepan, 250 ml of water are brought to the boil. Prepared fruits are placed in a boiling liquid. For a compote of dried fruit is enough twenty minutes.

To implement this dish again use dried fruit. The technology of preparation in a particular case will consist of the following steps:

• A handful of dried apples are placed in a thermos;
• drying is poured boiling water;
• thermos is closed and left overnight to insist;
• in the morning the product will be ready for use.

This option helps in the heat treatment process to maintain the maximum possible vitamin reserve of fruit. When using the method of brewing in a thermos, in addition to the dried apple billet, you can add berries, for example, black currants or prunes. Such auxiliary components not only provide an opportunity to create new taste sensations, but also are an additional source of vitamins and trace elements.

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