Guava cheese

Preparation info
  • Quantity:

    2 lb

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Curries & Bugles: A Memoir and Cookbook of the British Raj

By Jennifer Brennan

Published 1990

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Ingredients

  • 2 lb guavas, peeled and sliced
  • 14 oz/scant 2 cups sugar

Method

  1. Put the guavas in a preserving pan with ½ pt of cold water. Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat to low and cook for ½ an hour. Press the fruit through a sieve and place the pulp in a pan, together with the sugar, butter and lemon juice.
  2. Simmer over very low heat for 2 hours, or until the mixture becomes very thick and dry. Stir from time to time.