Guava Sherbet

Helado de Guayaba

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Puerto Rican Cookery

By Carmen Aboy Valldejuli

Published 1983

  • About

Select both sweet and sour, ripe (soft to the touch), guavas

Ingredients

A

  • Guavas — sufficient to make 4 cups guava purée
  • ¼ cup water

Method

  1. Wash guavas carefully, remove stems and chop, without peeling.
  2. In a pan, place water included in A. Add chopped guavas, cover, and cook over moderate heat for 5 minutes.
  3. Remove from heat, and in same pan, immediately mash guavas thoroughly with potato masher.
  4. Press gradually through a sieve, a