TRADITIONAL COLOMBIAN GUAVA PASTE (BOCADILLO DE GUAYABA)

TRADITIONAL COLOMBIAN GUAVA PASTE

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Hello, everyone! proudly I bring you this famous recipe from my province roots.
What are the differences between guava jelly and guava paste?.

They are not the same thing but for preparing both you going to need same ingredients.
Guava jelly is made from the reserved cooking liquid of guavas, sugar, but guava paste cooked guavas and sugar.

Santander  and Boyaca  are 2 provinces manufacturers of guava products as:  jalea o espejuelo (guava jelly),bocadillo (guava paste),cernido (guava marmalade)arrancamuelas (chewy guava candies).

 A curious fact literal meaning for arrancamuelas is teeth puller out.


INGREDIENTES

-750 gr ripped guavas
-500 gr sugar
-60 ml )orange juice (optional)

like this ripped guavas must look like

INSTRUCCIONES:

1.In a pot put water and guavas and cook until guavas are tender.

2.Pass them through a fine-mesh to remove the seeds from the remaining guava pulp.

3.Into a mixer add guava shell, guava pulp, and orange juice and mix.

4.Pour the mixture into a pot, add the sugar.

5.In a medium-high temperature cook until thick. .the picture below shows the first thick stage to the final result remain too much.

6. Keep cooking and stir time after time until the guava paste looks high-intensity red color and peels off from the bottom pot this takes around an hour or more.

7. Pour the paste into a high-temperature resistance container and let stay almost for 8 hours before to cut into pieces.