Guava and Cheese Appetizers

Recipe Rating:	3 Ratings5
Categories:	Fruit Appetizers, Cheese Appetizers, Crackers, Quick & Easy, For Kids, Vegetarian, Healthy
Collections:	Let's Have A Picnic
Keywords:	cheese, sugar, Olives, have, let's, let's have a picnic, guava, paste
Serves:	8-10 people
Prep Time:	10 Min

Ingredients

1 can(s)	guava paste (i used goya brand)
1	block of cheese, your choice of flavor
1 can(s)	black olives
1/2 c	sugar
1-2	mini cookie cutters, your choice of shape
1	sleeve of club crackers or your choice
1 box	toothpicks or fancy pics

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Kim Biegacki

Full Flavored

Warren, OH (pop. 41,557)

pistachyoo

Member Since Apr 2011

Kim's Notes:

My first experience eating Guava paste was when I took a class in college 2004 called "Spanish American Civilization" and I had to do a research paper on a country of our choice(I chose Puerto Rico) and wanted to take a snack that was indigenous to South America and this was it. My professor Jane Oyarzun's husband was there that day to do a presentation himself and was so excited to get to have some of the Guava paste as they hadn't been able to find in that part of Ohio at that time. He was of Peruvian decent and shared how when he was a young boy he ate guava paste quite often. Since then, I have served this on special occasions for family and friends and they love the unique flavor and taste of the guava fruit just as much as I do.

I look forward to trying other recipes with Guava in it; as I have seen some amazing desserts on Just a Pinch that I want to try. Hope you enjoy.

Directions

Slice your cheese and guava in the width that you want and then begin using your cookie cutter to cut out your shapes. Once finished dip your guava stars or whatever shape you choose into the sugar. I do this simply for the look and because the guava is sticky and it makes them less sticky with the sugar on them.

Now arrange on your pics as you want to and on crackers if you choose that way. Hope you enjoy.

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May 24, 2011

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Yadira Soto yari116

May 26, 2011

Im puerto rican and this is really BIG in PR :)Ive been eating guava since I can remember. Its one of my favs. You should also try a piece of guava and a small piece of crm cheese in a pastry puff sheet (kinda like an empanada) Its delish :)

Kim Biegacki pistachyoo

May 26, 2011

Hello Yadira, that is the country (Puerto Rico) I chose to do my report on for my college class and that is how I found out about the Guava paste. I loved learning about Puerto Rico and hope to go there some day. It was an interesting country to learn about.

I had extra guava paste from this the other day and saw a recipe posted on here that is what you are mentioning but I didn't have the pastry puff sheets. I hope to maybe try them out next week. Plus I really wanted to try and make my own cupcake with guava too. It is a wonderful tasting fruit. Do you have other desserts that you use the guava in?

Yadira Soto yari116

May 27, 2011

Puerto rico is a beautiful island. The food is amazing and the ppl are crzy fun ;) i def recommend u go one day. I've tried guava ice pops and guava jam but nothing more. When you do make cupcakes with guava in them plz post :)