The making of homemade Guava Purée involves a process to extract the stone hard small seeds.
I explain how to do that in ease.
TL;DR
Guava purée is made from fresh guava fruits, and it's the base of many drinks and desserts. The purée is also known as guava pulp.
You will want to make guava purée if you find yourself with a surplus of fresh fruits, which need to be processed before they turn bad.
Guavas fruits are tropical fruits that resemble apples in terms of consistency, but the main difference is that the seeds are stone hard, and you can't just pick them out of the fruit.
It's much easier to follow a cooking and blending process. I show you how it's done here.
Ingredient Notes
- Guava — You can use any guava variety to make this fruit purée. Guava fruits can be white or pink on the inside, green, or yellow on the outside, or they come in different shapes and sizes, for example, pear-shaped.
- Water — Normal tap water.
Process Overview
Step 1
Cut off the guava ends and cut the fruits then into chunks.
Place guava chunks into a large pot and cover with the water.
Step 2
Boil the fruits soft.
Blend your guava and water to a smooth paste.
Step 3
Place a fine sieve mesh strainer over a bowl and pour some guava purée over the sieve to strain the purée and separate the seeds from the purée.
Use your guava purée as you please.
📖 Recipe
Guava Purée Recipe
Instructions
- Rinse guava fruits to get rid of impurities and cut-off ends. Cut the guava into medium or large chunks and collect in a bowl. No need to peel!3 Pounds Guava
- Place the guava chunks into a large pot and pour water over that. Bring to a rolling boil. Cook guava until they are tender, soft.6.5 Cups Water
- With a hand blender, blend guava smooth.
- Place the fine mesh sieve over a bowl and pour the blended purée in batches into the strainer.
- Press the purée through the strainer with a silicone spatula by moving around. The purée with fall into the bowl and the seeds will remain in the sieve. Discard the seeds and repeat the process with the remaining purée.
- Use filtered guava purée or store for later.
Notes
Equipment
- Hand Blender to blend the purée quickly
- Large Pot (min 8 qt) to boil the fruits
- Fine-Mesh Strainer to separate the seeds from the purée
- Medium Bowl to collect the strainer, guava purée
- Silicone Spatula to move around the purée in the sieve so that it falls into the bowl and separated from the seeds
Nutrition
Uses
Guava purée is the base for most guava recipes and can be turned into sweet treats and drinks.
You can cook it further down with sugar to prepare a Portuguese sweet treat known as guava paste or guava cheese.
I like to prepare a guava jam with my guava paste. We have a guava tree that gives plenty of fruits and the best way to process them before they turn bad, is to make a jam.
You will also want to try using a batch of your guava purée to prepare a guava juice or smoothie. Mix in some fresh water and other fruits with ice, and you have a refreshing fruity nutrient-rich guava drink!
Storing
You can store your guava purée in the refrigerator to cool for up to 1 week.
I recommend preparing batches and freezing them. You can either pour your guava purée into freezer airtight containers or freeze them into smaller batches by using ice cube mold (as seen on my papaya paste).
Small batches of ice cube sized guava purée can be used to prepare drinks, as in a smoothie or a juice. Just blend the frozen guava purée with the other ingredients, you don't need to thaw it.
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