Candied Guavas

Total Time: 3 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 lb guavas
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup water

Recipe

• 1 peel guavas and cut in half; remove seeds.
• 2 soak in cold water for 30 minutes, wash well.
• 3 add boiling water and simmer until tender.
• 4 lift out carefully and place in cold water for 6 hours.
• 5 drain carefully and simmer for 30 minutes in a heavy syrup made of the sugar and water.
• 6 keep in syrup until the following day.
• 7 cook again in syrup until guavas are well coated and juice is very thick.
• 8 skim from the syrup, drain, spread on a wire rack and allow to dry until no longer sticky.
• 9 pack between sheets of waxed paper in a tin or a glass jar.