Homemade Guayaba jam recipe

In Venezuelan sweet recipes, the use of guava for milkshakes, jams and preserves, or as coverage or cake filler, is very popular. Ah and the famous guava helmets! This sweet sweet in syrup is a true delight accompanied with cream cheese, ricotta or cottage cheese. Undoubtedly, the guava is exquisite in any pastry recipe where it is placed. For that reason, in the recipegat team we always interested ourselves in getting culinary options that stimulate your palate and expand your range of options when cooking, such as this classic of the Caribbean kitchen: Guayaba jam. If you think that preparing jam is very complicated, you will be amazed, when you prepare this recipe at home. The process is very simple, so much that it can become a fever, homemade jam fever!

Ingredients to make homemade guava jam:

1. Lava and remove the guava peel. Then, cook it in hot water from approximately 10 to 15 minutes. After the weather, remove the Guayabas and average reserve cup of the water where you boiled them. Then cut the fruits in half, remove the pulp and pass it through a strainer until you separate all the seeds. Reserve only the pulp.

2. Now that you have the cooked fruit, have a space with all the ingredients to make this delicious homemade guava jam. Place the exact measures of each food and pile in squares.

3. To start preparing the Guayaba jam, a saucepan with the sugar, lemon juice and the half cup of water you used to cook the fruit. Add a cinnamon branch, if you wish, and retire it at the end of the preparation; You can also use cinnamon powder. Do the same in the case of star anise. Both ingredients are optional, you can use both, only one or none, the recipe will be equally delicious.

Trick: It is not necessary to add water, because the fruits will distill a large amount of juice, but at the beginning and to facilitate the process it can be added.

4. Kitchen over medium heat for 20 minutes or until the desired consistency. Remove non -stop to prevent jam from sticking in the background. If you prefer a thicker jam, crush with the wooden spoon some squares of guava, or all, while constantly removing. This will depend on your liking. Wait for approximately 1/3 to reduce its volume. If notes that the jam has been very thick and you prefer it lighter, correct with a little water. You must add it little by little and remove.

Trick: Remove constantly.

5. If you want it to be preserved for a longer time, use a sterilized bottle. List to save for a long time! If on the contrary you plan to consume the jam within a very short term, you can use a plastic container to store food and reserve it in the fridge. List to spread with bread at all hours! Options to combine this jam? To cover cakes, cheese cakes and as a companion of Tequeños, pernil of pigs, cookies, cachapas, etc. Now that you know how to make homemade guava jam, try toasted bread, cream cheese or some white salty or serum cheese. Mmm! … then tell me! When preparing your own house jam, you can store a wide variety of flavors, even combinations of flavors created by you … All a delight for breakfast! Do you like jam recipes? Did you like this particular recipe? I would love to know what you think, and if you try at home this delight, please include a photo. We all want to know how it was!