Cascos de Guayaba

Guava Halves in Syrup

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Preparation info
  • 6 to 8

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Secrets of Colombian Cooking

By Patricia McCausland-Gallo

Published 2004

  • About

Casquitos de Guayaba originated in my grandmother’s home department of Tolima. They are a delicious way to fill your house with the most satisfying sweet and delicious aroma in the world. Fresh guavas have a great fragrance that is extracted and dispersed when cooked slowly for long periods of time. Guavas are either pear-shaped or apple-shapped. Use the pear-shaped ones that run about two inches long by one wide and are very deep orange-pink color. The apple-shaped variety is very h