Make guava jelly with sweet guava fruit.  The guava fruit grows from evergreen guava plants which is popular here in the Philippines due to our warm tropical climate.  Guava is one of  the favourite tropical fruits of many Filipinos because of its pretty sour taste.  The fruit is a bright yellow hue and has a strong, sweet smell.  When the fruit boils and is strained with a muslin cloth, the juice left behind contains the key element to make guava jelly.  Making guava jelly is easy because it only requires a few ingredients and a little patience.

Guava Jelly taste brilliant in freshly baked pandesals, crackers and toasted breads.   It is also rich in vitamins A and C and also has good levels of the dietary minerals, potassium, magnesium, and generally a broad, low-calorie profile of essential nutrients.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 kgs Guavas
• 6 cups Water
• 1/2 tsp Citric acid
• Sugar

Procedure:

• Wash and cut guava into thin slices and cook with water until very soft.
• Put this mixture in a coarse cloth and allow the juice to drip through into a bowl
• Underneath and leave it for 12 hours.
• Do not squeeze the bag.
• Use the mixture in the bag for guava cheese.
• Measure the juice and add 3 cups of sugar to each pint of juice.
• Heat the sugar, guava juice and stir until it is dissolved.
• Strain the juice, add lemon juice and cook on a hot fire until setting point is reached.
• Cool and pour into airtight jar

Source:  mis.dost.gov.ph; Photo: hawaiian-jam-jelly.com