A few weeks back I posted about our awesome guava tree that had started gifting us gorgeous guavas. Well it’s now a few weeks later and today I picked 30 ripe guavas straight from the tree. My thinking cap has been on while figuring out what to do with this windfall and jam was an obvious option.
I tried a guava jam last week that turned into guava syrup instead of jam so today I tried again with an adjusted recipe and whooohooo! We’ve got wonderful Guava Jam!!!
Here how I made it...
GUAVA JAM
Ingredients
14 guavas = 5 cups (4 cups chopped guava + 1 cup strained pulp)
2 cups sugar
1 Heaped Tbsp lemon zest
3 Tbsp lemon juice
Method
Cut the top and nib of the guavas off and slice them in half.
Spoon out the seeds and keep aside.
Slice the guavas finely.
Place the sliced guavas in a microwave safe bowl, cover with cling film and steam in the microwave on full power for 5 minutes. (This softens the skins)
While the guavas steam, strain the seeds and pulp though a sieve using the back of a tablespoon to push the pulp through. This yields about a cup of pulp.
Place the steamed guavas, guava pulp and 2 cups of sugar in a large pot and bring to a rolling boil. Stir consistently to prevent burning.
Once at a rolling boil add the lemon juice and lemon zest.
Use a potato mashed to breakdown any skins that are still whole. This will give a chunky consistency. You can use a handheld blender if you want a smooth consistency.
Continue boiling for another 15 minutes until you get an almost jammy consistency.
Carefully spoon the hot jam into your sterilised jars. Close and leave to cool to room temperature. Once cooled place them in the fridge. The jam will thicken as it cools.
Yield 3 jars of Guava Jam
I had our first yummy serving of guava jam on wholewheat toast with butter and it was absolutely delicious!!!
It feels so good to be able to use our own fruit to create something from scratch in my kitchen. All it took was some time and sugar.
Guava! Wow. Looks so good. Love seeing this. So many cool recipes worldwide on here.
Yes! It’s guava season here and last year it was hard lockdown and all the guavas dropped to the ground. So this year we are so pumped to be able to pick them!
oh wow! I bet it was hard to not be able to pick them. Have fun!
Yeeeees, guava jam is tasty and smells good! I do sometimes with my guava, but often just eat them directly from the tree. :)
We have far too many to eat! Just storing them is taking up loads of space. So jam is the best alternative now. It tastes soo good!!!
Duuuuuuuuudeee! Costco has these jugs of guava nectar and they are sooooo gooooood. The consistency is kinda like a light smoothy. Not pulpy, but not water, just right. I could drink a whole jug in no time. Super jealous of your jam, it looks delish!
Ooooh! I love guava juice so much! They sell it in all our stores all year round and my kids hate that I buy so much of it 😂.
Your content has been voted as a part of Encouragement program. Keep up the good work!
Use Ecency daily to boost your growth on platform!
Support Ecency
Vote for Proposal
Delegate HP and earn more
Congratulations @zo3d! You have completed the following achievement on the Hive blockchain and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :
You can view your badges on your board and compare yourself to others in the Ranking
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word
STOPSupport the HiveBuzz project. Vote for our proposal!
I've never tried guava jam, but it looks super delicious! 😍
It is sooo good! Today we had it in scones and my mom said it was better than the apricot jam that I had bought at the store. The prep takes time but the rest is easy.
Unfortunately we don't have guava in Serbia, so I can't try to make it, but you've inspired me to experiment with other fruits... 😊
Here are a couple of my moms jam recipes for you to try! Maybe one of these will work for you too.
Thank you very much! 😊 I'll give it a try and let you know how it turns out. 🍀
Save a jar for me would ya? Love guavas, and I've had a few opportunities to enjoy guava jam in my life, but never homemade. This looks lovely, and it seems the second time is a charm. I almost missed this gem. Please consider using #vegan and/or #plantbased tags in the future so it gets better indexed within #naturalmedicine.
Thanks for sharing chef.
@NaturalMedicine supports wellness of body, mind, soul and earth on HIVE.
Come say hi via Lotus Chat or drop by our Hive Community - we'd love to have you!
Awesome!! We’ve already eaten a jar and a half😂. It’s so good. Will add the # thanks for the tips.