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Amazing Old Fashioned Guava Jelly Recipe

This old-fashioned guava jelly recipe brings out the best in the fruit making it one of the most savory and exotic spreads that you and your family can indulge in.

Guavas come from Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. You can even find them in Hawaii and Maui where they are also used to make refreshing drinks and marinate all kinds of beef.

Old fashioned guava jelly is one of those treats that leaves you wondering why you didn’t hear about it sooner. This is especially true when you compare it to other less savory jams. It does go with everything, especially during breakfast time. From toast to all manner of baked goods, its taste is sure to put a smile on your face.

It’s actually much easier to prepare than you might think. After all, you really do let this tropical fruit, that countless people consider to be their absolute favorite, do most of the work!

In this article, we´ll walk you through the old-fashioned guava jelly recipe.

 

What You Can Make With Guava Jam

Guava jam has many so many sweet applications! For example, you can prepare cheese and guava flan . This is a great dessert for the Summertime. In Winter, it is a great idea to bake bread pudding with a guava jam filling, or cupcakes filled with guava jam and cream cheese. Or you can go with a traditional pie or guava cookies.

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What You Will Need For Your Guava Jam Recipe at Home

Ingredients

  • Guavas, You’ll need  1/2 kilo of guavas. Make sure that they are plenty soft. You should be able to squeeze quite a bit. Don´t worry if they leave indentations.
  • Water, 4 cups of water.
  • Sugar, One and a half cups of sugar.

Step by Step Instructions

Step 1: Boil the guavas

Place the guavas whole in a regular-sized saucepan and pour water over them. You’ll want to turn the heat up to medium and let them cook for 15 minutes, after which they should look soft in demeanor. 

Step 2: Blend the guavas

At this point, you should take the seeds out using a spoon. Are guava seeds edible? The answer may surprise you. Yes, they are. However, you might find them a bit hard to chew, especially if you dint make sure to check whether the guavas are ready enough to be considered ripe.

Then, place the guavas, along with the sugar and a full cup of the cooking water, in the blender. Blend them for a good long while until the consistency of the guava looks quite fine. It should look something like applesauce.

Step 3: Cook in a saucepan

To get rid of the excess water, you can simply pass the guavas through a strainer. Then, you take this mixture and pour it right back into the saucepan. Cook it slowly in low heat for about half an hour. The most important thing is to make sure that you are stirring it around every other minute so that the consistency remains pretty uniform. You’ll know that it’s ready when you’re able to actually see the bottom of the pan while you’re stirring it around.

Step 4: Pour jelly into jars

At this point, you should go ahead and pour it into clean jars and seal them up tightly. Cover it up with a paper towel, or a cloth. Give it a few hours as you will eventually hear a popping sound, which will indicate that the jars are sealed as a result of the contractive cooling process. 

Step 5: Store

At this stage, the jelly is good for storage in a pantry for up to a year. Make sure that you leave some room for an air rocket within the jars. For conservation purposes, you’ll need to boil the sealed jars in water for 20 minutes. Leave the jars in the water until it cools down. Remove them from the water, and you’re all set.

Just remember that when you do open it, then you do have to store it in the fridge so that it’ll keep properly.

Tips and Tricks for Your Guava Jam Recipe at Home

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Make sure that the guavas are both sweet and aromatic. Also, don’t forget that they ripen quite quickly so don’t put this recipe off for too long after they start to truly smell like heaven. This is essential if you do want that truly old-fashioned, fruity taste.

If you are going for a smoother texture, you can peel the guavas before boiling them in water.

You can also enrich a guava jam recipe with pectin. As you might know, guavas have a considerable amount of natural pectin. However, considering that many diets lack this,  you can fortify the jam even more by adding two tablespoons of pure pectin into the mix.

Depending on your taste you can add a bit of cinnamon. If you’re a diabetic you’re strongly encouraged to switch out the sugar with the much more heart-friendly substitute of piloncillo. A more natural sugar that you can find at many Latin grocery stores.

Servings and Preparation Time

Cooking Time: 45 minutes.

Preparation Time: 20 minutes

Servings: 10.

Conclusion

If you love your sweets you really owe it to yourself to give this recipe the chance to enchant you. The lovely thing is that it goes with almost any meal, you may even like it on steak, and those who are big into baking are sure to fall in love with the many delicious desserts that this savory jelly can delight, for instance as a filling for a strudel.

It is important to include all the ingredients mentioned as each adds to the sweet flavor that guava jelly is so famously known for. I have made this jelly on countless occasions and my family have become adoring fans.

Don’t hesitate to share your comments and your thoughts regarding the level of difficulty of this recipe. Also, let us know how your Old Fashioned Guava Jelly turned out.

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Amazing Old Fashioned Guava Jelly Recipe

Just Mexican Food
Old fashioned guava jelly is one of those treats that leaves you wondering why you didn’t hear about it sooner. This is especially true when you compare it to other less savory jams. It does go with everything, especially during breakfast time. From toast to all manner of baked goods, its taste is sure to put a smile on your face. It’s actually much easier to prepare than you might think. After all, you really do let this tropical fruit, that countless people consider to be their absolute favorite, do most of the work!
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Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 45 mins
Total Time 1 hr 5 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 10

Equipment

  • Regular-sized Saucepan
  • blender
  • Strainer
  • Paper towel or a Cloth
  • Clean jars

Ingredients
  

  • ½ kilo Guavas plenty soft
  • 4 cups Water
  • 1½ cups Sugar
  • 2 tbps Pure Pectin
  • Cinnamon

Instructions
 

  • Boil the guavas, Place the guavas whole in a regular-sized saucepan and pour water over them. You’ll want to turn the heat up to medium and let them cook for 15 minutes, after which they should look soft in demeanor.
    ½ kilo Guavas
  • Blend the guavas. At this point, you should take the seeds out using a spoon. Are guava seeds edible? The answer may surprise you. Yes, they are. However, you might find them a bit hard to chew, especially if you dint make sure to check whether the guavas are ready enough to be considered ripe. Then, place the guavas, along with the sugar and a full cup of the cooking water, in the blender. Blend them for a good long while until the consistency of the guava looks quite fine. It should look something like applesauce.
    1½ cups Sugar, 4 cups Water
  • Cook in a saucepan. To get rid of the excess water, you can simply pass the guavas through a strainer. Then, you take this mixture and pour it right back into the saucepan. Cook it slowly in a low heat for about half an hour. The most important thing is to make sure that you are stirring it around every other minute so that the consistency remains pretty uniform. You’ll know that it’s ready when you’re able to actually see the bottom of the pan while you’re stirring it around.
  • Pour jelly into jars. At this point, you should go ahead and pour it into clean jars and seal them up tightly. Cover it up with a paper towel, or a cloth. Give it a few hours as you will eventually hear a popping sound, which will indicate that the jars are sealed as a result of the contractive cooling process.
  • Store. At this stage, the jelly is good for storage in a pantry for up to a year. Make sure that you leave some room for an air rocket within the jars. For conservation purposes, you'll need to boil the sealed jars in water for 20 minutes. Leave the jars in the water until it cools down. Remove them from the water, and you're all set. Just remember that when you do open it, then you do have to store it in the fridge so that it’ll keep properly.

Notes

You can also enrich a guava jam recipe with pectin. As you might know, guavas have a considerable amount of natural pectin. However, considering that many diets lack this,  you can fortify the jam even more by adding two tablespoons of pure pectin into the mix.
Depending on your taste you can add a bit of cinnamon. If you’re a diabetic you’re strongly encouraged to switch out the sugar with the much more heart-friendly substitute of piloncillo. A more natural sugar that you can find at many Latin grocery stores.
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Introducing a Staple Doña Maria Mole Verde Recipe

If you’re looking for that next great succulent dish that will leave you feeling like you’re in pork heaven, then look no further than this Doña Maria mole verde recipe.

Pork in Mole Verde is an absolute hit within Mexican cuisine. Mexicans say that everyone should try at least once and bask in its gooey charms! As a matter of fact, it’s one of the most popular dishes around and will leave you and your guests longing for the meadow that it resembles. However, it is not easy to cook. Its preparation can take quite a long time. However, with mole verde Doña Maria, you can enjoy and share with your loved ones a succulent dish in less than an hour. 

The key to this recipe is to make sure that you blend the mole verde mixture well so that it maintains a consistent flavoring that is able to complement the pork nicely. A lot of people make the mistake of leaving the pieces of the different ingredients too big and, as a result, they end up with a considerably less than savory taste. 

In this article, we´ll walk you through the doña Maria mole verde pork recipe.

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What You Will Need To Make Doña Maria Mole Verde Pork Recipe

Ingredients

  • Pork, You’ll need 1 1/2 kilo of pork. Avoid packaged meat as it lacks the flavor that freshly cut pork has.
  • Garlic Select two cloves of garlic.
  • 1/2 White Onion
  • Mole doña Maria, 125 grams of mole will be enough to cover the pork ribs.
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  • Vegetables, To accompany the pork you need 2 potatoes, 2 zucchinis and a cup of peas
  • Sugar, cumin, salt, and pepper, You can add the amount of sugar, cumin, salt, and pepper that you want according to your taste.
  • Olive oil and butter, 2 tbsp Olive oil is ideal to fry the ribs and butter to add flavor.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1: Cut up the pork

Cut up the pork into strips that are neither too narrow nor too wide.

Step 2: Cook the pork

Cover the pork ribs with water and add the sliced-up onion, garlic, and a spoonful of salt. Cook it in. pressure cooker on high until it’s boiled and then lower the heat and remove all foam.

Cook these ingredients until the pork is fully cooked. Take out the broth and save it in a container.

Step 3: Dissolve the mole

Fill a cup with broth and drop it into a blender. Mix it with the mole. Thus, you’ll be able to dissolve it. Add a bit of sugar. Blend it all together until it turns into a smooth cream.

Step 4: Fry in a pan

Add the butter to a pan and fry the liquified sauce on the pan while moving it around constantly for 15 minutes, or until it changes both color and taste.

Step 5: Cook the vegetables

Cut the potatoes and zucchini into cubes and cook them in the water with salt and the peas.

Step 6: Serve

Cover the cooked meat with plenty of the mole verde mixture. Add in the vegetables and serve with rice or any other sides that strike your fancy, and there you have it!

Tips and Tricks for Your Doña Maria Mole Verde Pork Recipe

It is strongly recommended that you serve the pork with sides of white rice and warm corn tortillas, and not much else.  This way, you can savor the lovely flavor of the green mole. With just these flavors and textures rolling around in your mouth, you’ll feel as though you are in an authentic Mexican restaurant!

Instead of random chunks of pork, you can make this recipe truly special with pork ribs. Make sure to avoid using packaged frozen ribs as they’ll lack the succulence that freshly cut ribs have. Ask your butcher tu cut them in narrow strips so that they can keep their fullest flavor.

Also, you can add hoja santa, a popular herb that people widely use in Southern Mexico, specifically in Veracruz, Chiapas, Oaxaca, and Tabasco. This herb adds a poignant but enticing aroma to this dish creating a sensual ambiance that your guests will surely appreciate and feel compelled to explore.

Servings and Preparation Time

Cooking Time: 30 minutes.

Preparation Time: 20 minutes

Servings: 4 guests.

Conclusion

This is a wonderful Doña Maria mole verde pork recipe to attempt when you would like to enjoy a filling meat dish that has a rich veggie taste, and expect to have plenty of hearty appetites going around. Its savory, salty taste dances in your tongue in a lovely way that’s reminiscent of a good pesto recipe.

A big part of what makes this mole verde Doña Maria so beloved is the tenderness of the pork. It actually makes you feel as though you aren’t even eating meat at all. You can easily eat it with just a fork. 

It is not difficult to prepare pork with mole verde if you follow Doña Maria mole instructions.  They will allow you to include this dish in your repertoire of Mexican recipes. The results are sure to pleasantly surprise you!

It is important that you include all the ingredients mentioned as each adds a subtle flavor. As they all blend, they create the scrumptious mole dining experience. I made this recipe but replaced the pork with chicken. The results have not been less than delicious.

Don’t hesitate to share your comments and your thoughts regarding the level of difficulty of this recipe. Also, let us know how your mole con pollo turned out.

You can prepare other dishes with mole verde doña Maria such as mole verde shrimp and quesadillas with nopales. Let yourself be surprised by the rich flavor of mole verde Doña Maria by incorporating it into many more dishes.

Learn more about A Wonderful Introduction To Mexican Cuisine With Doña Maria Mole Recipes

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Introducing A Staple Doña Maria Mole Verde Recipe

Just Mexican Food
Pork in Mole Verde is an absolute hit within Mexican cuisine. Mexicans say that everyone should try at least once and bask in its gooey charms! As a matter of fact, it’s one of the most popular dishes around and will leave you and your guests longing for the meadow that it resembles. However, it is not easy to cook. Its preparation can take quite a long time. However, with mole verde Doña Maria, you can enjoy and share with your loved ones a succulent dish in less than an hour.  In this article, we´ll walk you through the doña Maria mole verde pork recipe.
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Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 30 mins
Total Time 50 mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 4 people

Equipment

  • Pressure Cooker
  • blender
  • Pan

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ½ kilo Pork Avoid packaged meat as it lacks the flavor that freshly cut pork has.
  • 2 cloves Garlic
  • 125 grams Mole Doña Maria
  • 1 cup Peas
  • Sugar
  • 2 tbsp Olive oil
  • 2 Potatoes
  • 2 Zucchinis
  • Cumin
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • ½ White Onion
  • 2 tbsp Butter

Instructions
 

  • Cut up the pork, Cut up the pork into strips that are neither too narrow nor too wide.
    1 ½ kilo Pork
  • Cook the pork. Cover the pork ribs with water and add the sliced-up onion, garlic, and a spoonful of salt. Cook it in. pressure cooker on high until it’s boiled and then lower the heat and remove all foam. Cook these ingredients until the pork is fully cooked. Take out the broth and save it in a container.
    2 cloves Garlic, Cumin, Salt, ½ White Onion, Pepper
  • Dissolve the mole. Fill a cup with broth and drop it into a blender. Mix it with the mole. Thus, you'll be able to dissolve it. Add a bit of sugar. Blend it all together until it turns into a smooth cream.
    125 grams Mole Doña Maria, Sugar
  • Fry in a pan. Add the butter to a pan and fry the liquified sauce on the pan while moving it around constantly for 15 minutes, or until it changes both color and taste.
    2 tbsp Olive oil, 2 tbsp Butter
  • Cook the vegetables. Cut the potatoes and zucchini into cubes and cook them in the water with salt and the peas.
    1 cup Peas, 2 Potatoes, 2 Zucchinis
  • Serve. Cover the cooked meat with plenty of the mole verde mixture. Add in the vegetables and serve with rice or any other sides that strike your fancy, and there you have it!

Notes

Tips and Tricks for Your Doña Maria Mole Verde Pork Recipe

It is strongly recommended that you serve the pork with sides of white rice and warm corn tortillas, and not much else.  This way, you can savor the lovely flavor of the green mole. With just these flavors and textures rolling around in your mouth, you’ll feel as though you are in an authentic Mexican restaurant!
Also, you can add hoja santa, a popular herb that people widely use in Southern Mexico, specifically in Veracruz, Chiapas, Oaxaca, and Tabasco. This herb adds a poignant but enticing aroma to this dish creating a sensual ambiance that your guests will surely appreciate and feel compelled to explore.
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A Wonderful Introduction To Mexican Cuisine With Doña Maria Mole Recipes

It is true that mole sauce has a very elaborate preparation, doña Maria mole recipes save you time.

Mole is one of the most traditional (and delicious) dishes that you’ll come across all throughout Mexico. It is a smothered  chocolate sauce that is commonly served up with chicken and is typically accompanied with fried rice.

Mole is considered to be as heartwarming as it gets and is used to celebrate all kinds of special occasions, particularly birthdays, weddings, and national holidays. Most people in the southern state of Oaxaca consider it to be the ultimate staple food.

Unsurprisingly, there are countless variations that are well-worth trying out. However, here we’ll go through one of the most common and accessible doña Maria Mole recipes: Mole con pollo. You can actually play around with it, and you can even add the extra kick of a ¨chela,¨ Mexican for beer, to make it truly special. At any rate, this mole con pollo is sure to hit the spot on a frisk evening with warm friends and family.

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In this article, we´ll walk you through chicken with doña Maria mole ready to serve recipe. 

What You Will Need To Make Doña Maria Mole

  • Chicken, You’ll need 5 chicken boneless fillets.  The fresher, the better.
  • Garlic, Select three cloves of garlic. 
  • Mole doña Maria, 125 grams of mole will be enough to cover the chicken fillets. 

  • Tomato, One tomato will add a fresh touch to the sauce.
  • Onion, Use 1/5 of a white onion
  • Chile, 2 jalapeños adds a spicy flavor to the dish. You can always add more depending on your preference
  • Peanuts, Make sure to use roasted peanuts. 2.5 spoonfuls gives the sauce a silky texture. 
  • Dark chocolate, To enhance its sweetness, add a gram of dark chocolate or natural cocoa
  • Butter and olive oil , By adding two spoonfuls of butter you can provide a creamy texture to the mix. Olive oil is ideal to fry the vegetables. 

Step by Step Instructions

Step 1: Fry jalapeños, tomato, and onion 

You start out by putting a spoonful of olive oil on a frying pan along with the jalapeños, tomato, and onion which should be cut up into relatively large pieces. You don’t need to mix everything together, side by side is perfect.

Step 2: Mix in a blender 

Now comes the key ingredients that will turn things into a real treat! In a blender put in the mole, chocolate, peanuts, sliced garlic, and,  with a pinch of salt. Blend it all together until it turns into a uniform puree. 

Step 3: Cook the mix in a pan

Then, you’re ready to put the mix on a pan at a low temperature until it boils. 

Step 4: Cook chicken

If you’re ever had mole con pollo you know that a juicy chicken makes all the difference. In order to accomplish this, start out by heating a frying pan on medium and adding a spoonful of olive oil. Cook the chicken on one side on medium-high for two minutes. Then you’re ready to add the butter, flip them over and cook the rest on a low heat for 6 minutes with a cover.

Step 5: Cut up the chicken

Cut up strips of lettuce next to the chicken on a plate and cover it all with the warm mole and ground peanut. You can add rice or any other sides that strike your fancy, and there you have it! 

Tips and Tricks For Your Receta de Mole Rojo Doña Maria 

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When it comes to picking out the mole, a very good way to go is by choosing the red Doña Maria mole. The smaller presentation is a great amount for when you’re trying this recipe out for the first time.

Dark beer is an optional ingredient that adds a brewed beer taste. If you so choose, add a dark beer to the blender. A bottle should do it, but you can put less or more, depending on what you would like. Just remember that you don’t want it to be too watery, or else you’ll end up with a soup, instead of a nice paste.

Servings and Preparation Time

Cooking Time: 10 minutes.

Preparation Time: 20 minutes

Servings: 5 guests. 

Conclusion 

We hope that you’ve enjoyed making mole con pollo. Doña Maria mole sauce ensures you that your dish tastes as if the mole has been elaborated from scratch. 

It is important that you include all the ingredients mentioned as each adds a subtle flavor that, as they blend, they create the scrumptious mole dining experience. This is a recipe that I have followed many times with the same stellar result each time.

Don’t hesitate to share your comments and your thoughts regarding the level of difficulty of this recipe. Also, let us know how your mole con pollo turned out. 

Mole con pollo will allow you to enjoy a true Mexican dish that you can share with family and friends. It is not spicy as the chocolate makes a good job in sweetening the sauce and even kids can enjoy it. Some people add sugar to make mole sweeter and more inviting for palates that are Chile unfriendly. 

There are other dishes that you can prepare with doña Maria mole sauce such as mole chicken quesadillas, roasted nopales, nopal tostadas, and many more. It´s a matter of personal preferences.

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A Wonderful Introduction To Mexican Cuisine With Doña Maria Mole Recipes

Just Mexican Food
It is true that mole sauce has a very elaborate preparation, doña Maria mole recipes save you time. Mole is one of the most traditional (and delicious) dishes that you’ll come across all throughout Mexico. It is a smothered chocolate sauce that is commonly served up with chicken and is typically accompanied with fried rice. In this article, we´ll walk you through chicken with doña Maria mole ready to serve recipe.
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Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 30 mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 5 people

Equipment

  • a frying pan
  • blender
  • spoon

Ingredients
  

  • 5 Chicken boneless fillets The fresher the better.
  • 3 cloves Garlic
  • 125 grams of Mole doña Maria enough to cover the chicken fillets.
  • 1 Tomato will add a fresh touch to the sauce.
  • ⅕ White Onion
  • 2 Chile jalapeños adds a spicy flavor to the dish
  • 2.5 spoonfuls Roasted Peanuts gives the sauce a silky texture.
  • 1 gram Dark chocolate or natural cocoa To enhance its sweetness
  • 2 spoonfuls Butter provide a creamy texture to the mix
  • 2 spoonfuls olive oil to fry the vegetables.
  • 1 pinch salt

Instructions
 

  • Fry jalapeños, tomato, and onion. You start out by putting a spoonful of olive oil on a frying pan along with the jalapeños, tomato, and onion which should be cut up into relatively large pieces. You don’t need to mix everything together, side by side is perfect.
    1 Tomato, ⅕ White Onion, 2 Chile jalapeños
  • Mix in a blender. Now comes the key ingredients that will turn things into a real treat! In a blender put in the mole, chocolate, peanuts, sliced garlic, and with a pinch of salt. Blend it all together until it turns into a uniform puree. Cook the mix in a pan. Then, you’re ready to put the mix on a pan at a low temperature until it boils.
    3 cloves Garlic, 125 grams of Mole doña Maria, 2.5 spoonfuls Roasted Peanuts, 1 gram Dark chocolate or natural cocoa, 1 pinch salt
  • Cook the chicken. If you’re ever had mole con pollo you know that a juicy chicken makes all the difference. In order to accomplish this, start out by heating a frying pan on medium and adding a spoonful of olive oil. Cook the chicken on one side on medium-high for two minutes. Then you’re ready to add the butter, flip them over and cook the rest on a low heat for 6 minutes with a cover.
    5 Chicken boneless fillets, 2 spoonfuls olive oil, 2 spoonfuls Butter
  • Cut up the chicken.Cut up strips of lettuce next to the chicken on a plate and cover it all with the warm mole and ground peanut. You can add rice or any other sides that strike your fancy, and there you have it!

Notes

Tips and tricks for your receta de mole rojo doña Maria

When it comes to picking out the mole, a very good way to go is by choosing the red Doña Maria mole. The smaller presentation is a great amount for when you’re trying this recipe out for the first time.
Dark beer is an optional ingredient that adds a brewed beer taste. If you so choose, add a dark beer to the blender. A bottle should do it, but you can put less or more, depending on what you would like. Just remember that you don’t want it to be too watery, or else you’ll end up with a soup, instead of a nice paste.
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