Guava Paste

January 20, 2005 1:02 PM

What can I do with guava paste?

The Brazilian food market near me had a special on guava paste the other day, so I picked up a couple of cannisters. Does anyone have any recipes they like that use the stuff?

posted by painquale to Food & Drink (14 answers total)

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posted by FlamingBore at 1:13 PM on January 20, 2005

Slice it and put it on crackers.
posted by duck at 1:21 PM on January 20, 2005

Guava and cheese pastries!
posted by soplerfo at 1:24 PM on January 20, 2005

Eat it with some farmer's cheese (queso blanco or the equivalent). If not sweet enough, add some panela, which is unrefined sugar packed solid.
posted by aberrant at 1:50 PM on January 20, 2005

On crackers with cream cheese is tasty.
posted by modofo at 2:01 PM on January 20, 2005

other cheeses to try it with are fontina, or provolone, or havarti... in other words, a mild cheese, that will cut the intense sweetness of the guava without clashing with the fruity goodness.

The person who introduced me to this combo when I was living in Brazil called it "Romeo e Julieta" which I found quite fitting.
posted by ambrosia at 2:11 PM on January 20, 2005

We used it as a glaze for pork tenderloin. Awesome.
posted by me3dia at 3:05 PM on January 20, 2005

Write a Ween song?
posted by idontlikewords at 3:11 PM on January 20, 2005

Put it in a tube?
posted by fixedgear at 4:30 PM on January 20, 2005

I have to second the slicing it along with some with cheese on a cracker. I don't recall the exact cheese my puerto rican friend serves with it, but it was very hard white cheese with a little sharpness.
posted by Karmakaze at 5:39 PM on January 20, 2005

Use it to glue your guava back together?
posted by SPrintF at 6:45 PM on January 20, 2005

Damn; SPrintF beat me to it.
posted by Faint of Butt at 7:19 PM on January 20, 2005

Spread it on your person of choice. I think the rest becomes obvious at that point.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 8:22 PM on January 20, 2005

No, no dirty, that's Guava Jelly..

I've never eaten guava paste. I would p'raps mix it with a touch of honey, maybe a thimble of red wine, and top ice cream with it.
posted by Jack Karaoke at 2:59 AM on January 21, 2005