Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz

Published 1973

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Ingredients

  • 2 tins (34 oz. each) guava shells
  • 6 tablespoons lime, or

Method

Drain the liquid from the guava shells, measure, and pour into a small saucepan. Set the shells aside. Bring the guava juice to the boil and reduce to about ¼ pint. Add the lime juice. Dissolve the arrowroot in a little cold water, stir into the guava juice and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens lightly. Remove from the heat.

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