Guava Purée Recipe
Make smooth guava purée from scratch with fresh white or pink guavas, perfect for desserts, drinks, and more.
Servings: 4.4 pounds
Calories: 210kcal
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
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
Larger fruit chunks will take longer to boil through, but it's faster to cut guavas into bigger chunks.
Makes about 4.4 pounds or 2 kilograms.
The nutrition info is for the full purée quantity.
Nutrition
Calories: 210kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Sodium: 24mg | Potassium: 1290mg | Fiber: 17g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 1930IU | Vitamin C: 705mg | Calcium: 66mg | Iron: 1mg