Can toddlers have meals to which alcohol has been added?

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I'm thinking things like chicken in cream and wine sauce, or mushroom risotto with marsala.

Does anyone know? I'm assuming that it's ok as the alcohol is all burnt off in the reduction process...?

I would be fine with this. All the alcohol would have gone imo.

yes, just go easy on the brandy butter.

I give my toddler food with wine in it. I'm sure the alcohol burns off, particularly if you let the food simmer for a while on the stove.

If it cooks for a while after the alcohol is added, it will evaporate off. Unless you pour tons in of course! But not things like sherry trifle, brandy butter etc which don't get heated up as the alcohol will still be there.

Don't forget to test apple juice for early signs of fermentation too....

(of course, it's OK, you numpty. Far better they get used to grown up tastes, than serving them spaghetti hoops - stylee 'kids meals'!).

Thanks all (apart from kif!)

I do serve up food with alcohol added into the sauces a lot.
But definately not brandy butter. DD1 sneaked a bit out of MIL's fridge at new year (she likes to eat butter on it's own).
We couldn't work out wtf was wrong with her until FIL spotted fingermarks in teh dish

The dds are having steak and guiness pie for dinner tomorrow.

Alway put tons of red wine into my spag bol. Yum!

Gah. My DD and DS have had trifle with a splodge of cassis in. Its such a tiny bit in a whole massive dish - if you make it yourself you know exactly how much is in it - and then they only have a wee helping.

We regularly have stews like hunter's chicken ( Jamie's recipe which has a whole bottle of Chianti in ) and beef in red wine as a family. And my DC don't wander round pissed.