Pasteles de Guayaba: Guava Pastries

Recipe courtesy Alex Garcia

Show: Melting PotEpisode: Nuevo Latino--Street Food

Rated: 3 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (5)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(5)

Cook Time:
25 min
Level:
Intermediate
Yield:
8 to 16 servings

Times:

Prep: 40 min
Inactive Prep: 30 min
Cook: 25 min
Total:: 1 hr 35 min

Recipe Tools:

Select a Card Size

Add To My Recipe Box

Success

This recipe was added to your Folder_Name folder.

Do not show this message again

Add To My Recipe Box

Please sign in to add this recipe to your Recipe Box.

Ingredients

1 pound cream cheese
1 pound butter, softened
1 pound flour
1 1/2 pounds guava paste
Sugar, for sprinkling

Directions

Blend the cream cheese, butter and flour until well mixed. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Roll out the dough into a 1/4-inch thick square. Cut the rolled dough into 16 to 20 squares.

A little off center of each square, place 1 tablespoon guava paste. Fold the dough over the guava paste, forming a triangle. Press the edges shut. Place the pasteles onto a cookie sheet and sprinkle them with a thin layer of sugar.

Bake until the pasteles are evenly browned, about 25 minutes.

Next Recipe

More recipes? Try these recommendations:

Similar Recipe

Pasteles de Guayaba: Guava Pastries

Similar Recipes

Recipes Like This

All About…

Recipe Collections

Showing 1-10 of 26

View all 26 Fruit Collections

Comments & Reviews

recipe Pasteles de Guayaba: Guava Pastries
Anonymous 02-27-2008
Flag

GUAVA PASTRIES
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

THIS RECIPE IS FOR GUAVA AND CHEESE PASTRIES. OMIT THE CHEESE FOR JUST GUAVA PASTRIES.
recipe Pasteles de Guayaba: Guava Pastries
CHARLOTTE Kalaheo, HI 05-23-2007
Flag

Not what I expected
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

This recipe is not as good as the other reviews state. It is OKAY--nothing spectacular. The cream cheese would have been... better used as part of the filling along with the guava paste, because it did nothing for the dough. The dough was bland--no wonder it is recommended that you sprinkle sugar on the pastry before baking it--the sugar is what gave it flavor. Disappointing.Read more
recipe Pasteles de Guayaba: Guava Pastries
sonia miami, FL 04-10-2007
Flag

a great recipe"
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I tried and it was GREAT, everyone loves it, I just wish this show could still be on the air.Thanks, Mrs Toledo Miami, Fla
recipe Pasteles de Guayaba: Guava Pastries
Jessica Lake Hiawatha, NJ 05-10-2006
Flag

Delicious!!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

These were absolutely delicious & so easy to make. I made them last night & brought them into work this morning & I've... received numerous compliments. The guava flavor is just to die for.Read more
recipe Pasteles de Guayaba: Guava Pastries
AMANDA San Juan, PR 06-22-2005
Flag

Sweet & Tasty
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

These are sweet & tasty!!! Love them. Reminds me when I lived in Puerto Rico!