Baked Beans Refined Sugar Free, Salt Free
These baked beans are a brilliant dish for little babies as they are easy to manage and they taste delicious. Homemade Baby Food and baby weaning recipe.
Ingredients
- 2 Tins Unsalted Butter Beans
- 1 Large Onion
- 2 Cloves Garlic
- 2 Tablespoons Unsalted Tomato Purée
- 1 Tin Tomatoes
- 200 ml Water
- 4 Medjool Dates or 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 Teaspoon Smoked Paprika
- 2 Teaspoons Apple Cider Vinegar or red wine vinegar
- 1 Teaspoon Tamarind Paste or 2tsp lime or lemon juice
Method
- Preheat oven to 160ºC.
- Heat oil in your frying pan and then gently fry your onions over a medium heat until golden. This takes approximately 8 minutes. Stir them often and then add the garlic. Cook for a further 2-3 minutes until soft but not browned.
- Add the tomato purée, tin of tomatoes and 200ml of water to the pan and stir well.
- Transfer your mixture to your blender, add the medjool dates and purée everything until it is completely smooth. (If you don’t have a high speed blender you might want to soak your dates in warm water for about an hour before hand).
- Pour the mixture into a deep oven dish and add all your remaining ingredients. Give it all a good stir to completely combine.
- Bake in the oven for about 60 minutes, then remove from the oven stir in another 200ml of water and then bake for another 60 minutes. (2 hours in total).
- Remove from the oven and leave to cool before serving. If the sauce is a little thick you can add more water at any time.
- Serve with home made brown bread soldiers.
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Recipe Notes & Tips
When freezing I put them into a mini muffin tin to portion them out, then wrap the tin in cling film and freeze. After a few hours when they are fully frozen I pop them out of the tin and put into little freezer bags. To defrost, leave out about 2 hours before serving. The portions are small and defrost really quickly. Reheat in a microwave covered to prevent drying out for 30 seconds.