Flakey, sweet, and delicious pastries found in many bakeries, the go-to treat for many, the combination of the sweetened cream cheese with the guava paste makes you crave it!
That is what Pastelitos de Guayaba are. But did you know that it is such an easy and quick dessert that you can make with few ingredients? You can even surprise friends with it, you know why? Because you can also freeze them so you can just pop them later in the oven when you have a surprise guest visit. Guava Pastries are an easy to make Latin dessert originally from Cuba. |
Cut little sections of guava paste, considering what you think will be enough to fill the pastries. It is quite firm to the touch and easy to cut, so you don’t have to worry to get it all over your hands. Then set it aside.
You can also use regular Guava fruit instead or, preserved Guava. If you have the fruit it is necessary to boil it, so it will be soft to blend. After boiling it or take it out of the jar, if it is preserved, just blend it having in mind how much you will use. Use a strainer to take the little seeds out. After that you will have kind of a paste but not exactly what is need it, you must add sugar. Add sugar as you prefer and start stirring at medium heat until you have a jelly texture, put it in a container to cool and set aside. Before going to the next step, heat the oven to 400 F. |
Take your cut puff pastries pieces and placed the bases into your lined baking sheet. Take the sweetened cream cheese and start piping it onto your pastry, make sure to leave a ½ inch of space at the edges.
When you finish with the cream cheese, you can take now your guava paste, start placing it the amount you want in each pastry, when you finish take your egg wash and brush the edges to help you glue the top and the base of the pastries together. Now, let's lay the tops on, and if it is necessary you can even stretch them a little bit, just gently. Use your fingers to press lightly until you have all your pastries sealed and almost ready to go to the oven. Take your egg wash one more time and brush the tops, so when they are baked you will have that beautiful golden look. Finally, take a knife and score the top, this will help you decrease the puffiness a bit and make it easier to eat. Now we are in our last step, the oven. |
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Now, your pastries are ready to go! Put them in your preheated oven for about 12 to 15 minutes. They will be puffed up and golden, when you see that 12 minutes already passed, go and check them out. Do not worry if you see the filling losing out, that is one of the best characteristics of the Pastelitos de Guayaba!
When you see them with that beautiful golden color, they are ready to take out, remember before taking a bite let it cool a bit, so you do not burn yourself. |
I never thought I will ever bake Pastelitos de Guayaba, as many people after reading this, I thought that they were hard to bake but to my surprise, it wasn't. This pastry is beyond delicious and easy to make, you do not need too many ingredients and even you can play with the forms and filling of it. I made a little rectangle and a little circle to add variations to my pastries. You can even add powdered sugar on top to make them look cute. Also, I made pastries with hazelnut cocoa spread mixed with the cream cheese and others with just the cream cheese. They were delicious, however, nothing compares to the original mixture of Guava with cream cheese. |
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