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    My Colombian Recipes » Recipes » Desserts » Pastelitos De Guayaba (guava Pastries)

    Pastelitos de Guayaba (Guava Pastries)

    Feb 23, 2023 by Erica Dinho · 13 Comments

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    These pastelitos de guayaba (guava pastries) are very popular in Latin American cuisine. They are easy to make and delicious.

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    These delicious pastries filled with guava paste, known as pastelitos de guayaba, are a popular Latin dessert that you’ll find in many Latin bakeries (panaderias) around the world.

    In Colombia, we make these pastelitos with guava paste alone, and sometimes we add white cheese to the filling. Either way, they are absolutely fantastic! We also have another variation called pasteles gloria. Get ready… those are filled with guava paste, cheese, and dulce de leche!

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    My absolute favorite desserts are the ones that are the simplest and easiest to prepare. The kind that can be whipped up in thirty minutes or less from start to finish. When it comes to sweets, it doesn’t take much to please me. Give me a couple of pastelitos de guayaba with a cup of black coffee for dessert or a snack and I will be delighted.

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    Pastelitos de Guayaba Recipe (Guava Pastries)

    Erica Dinho
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 20 mins
    Total Time 30 mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine Colombian, Latin
    Servings 4 servings
    Calories 376 kcal

    Ingredients
     

    • 1 package frozen puff pastry, thawed
    • 1 egg, lightly beaten
    • 2 Tbsp sugar for garnish
    • 4 oz guava paste, sliced

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat oven to 400°F.
    • Flour a clean, dry counter top or other flat working surface. Lay out the puff pasty on the floured surface. Flour the top of the  dough. Roll out the puff pastry until it is half as thick (about ⅛-inch).
    • Using a large cookie cutter, cut into 24 circles and brush the edges of each circle with the egg. A little off center of each circle, place 1 slice of guava paste. Place another circle on top to enclose the filling.
    • Crimp the edges with a fork. Repeat with the remaining pastelitos, placing them on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet as you go. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown and puffy.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 376kcalCarbohydrates: 34gProtein: 6gFat: 24gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 14gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 41mgSodium: 168mgPotassium: 53mgFiber: 1gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 60IUCalcium: 12mgIron: 2mg
    Keyword colombian dessert, pastelitos
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    This pastelitos de guayaba recipe is basically foolproof and delicious. If you are short on time using store bought frozen puff pastry makes this dessert easy and quick to make. Everyone will love them so you might want to make a double batch.

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    My name is Erica and I was born and raised in Colombia and now live in the northeastern United States with my husband and family. This blog was inspired by my grandmother, Mamita, who was an amazing traditional Colombian cook.

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    Comments

    1. Amy (Savory Moments)

      September 26, 2013 at 1:15 pm

      These look so delicious!

      Reply
    2. Karen

      September 26, 2013 at 5:07 pm

      I could have these for breakfast with a big cup of coffee and be happy for the rest of the day!

      Reply
    3. Belinda @zomppa

      September 26, 2013 at 9:46 pm

      So super cool you can share these beauties with even more people now!

      Reply
    4. Angie@Angie's Recipes

      September 27, 2013 at 2:08 pm

      They look very tempting!

      Reply
    5. Amanda

      September 27, 2013 at 8:05 pm

      Hi, Erica-

      I love your site! Have you written a cookbook? If not, do you have any Colombian cookbook recommendations? English or Spanish are fine.

      Reply
    6. Joanne

      September 28, 2013 at 9:25 am

      These look almost like mini pies to me! Love that guava filling.

      Reply
    7. Norma - Platanos, Mangoes and Me!

      September 28, 2013 at 11:47 am

      Oh Erika I made these when in Florida and was going to do a post as everytime I go there I have to eat them..the carne y de guayava...

      Reply
    8. Velva

      September 28, 2013 at 8:24 pm

      I love guava (guayava) pastries. I grew up eating them. To this day, when my husband travels to Tampa he always brings home these pastries. They are so delicious!

      Velva

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    9. HungryGuy

      October 01, 2013 at 11:34 am

      Hi... I love these.. I will try to make at home and the arepas too. I am a gringo and no one I know can make these.. I will make them for myself now. THANK YOU

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    10. Maria

      February 02, 2014 at 3:50 pm

      "Hungry Guy", what do you like that we feel sorry for you. If nobody cooks for you is because you are... News: nobody cooks for the women....

      Reply
    11. SKG

      April 27, 2017 at 10:46 pm

      You left off the instructions on the sugar for garnish?

      We brushed with egg and sprinkled it on top and it came out great.

      Reply
    12. Heidi Miller-Esguerra

      October 11, 2020 at 9:39 pm

      Hi Erica. I use your website a lot. We love your recipes!!! Thank you so much. We've been making Cazuela de Mariscos (with rockfish instead of swordfish and usually substituting another seafood for the clams) for the past few years for my husband's birthday (he's from Bogota) as well as Milhojas for his birthday dessert! We plan to do the same tomorrow, but this year I was thinking of making a guayaba version of milhojas, replacing the arequipe with guayaba. I see this recipe here, which makes me wonder if I should bake the puff pastries as instructed here with a slice of guava paste (bocadillo) between two puff pastries for 20 min, or as instructed in the milhojas recipe (just one puff pastry layer for 15 min). Or do you recommend cooking the paste in water and then spreading it on the puff pastry? If you have a chance to reply soon, that would be amazing. His birthday is Oct. 12. Thank you!!!

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      • Erica Dinho

        October 12, 2020 at 11:05 am

        I don't know. Never made it with guava paste.

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