Guava Jelly

Honeybeee's Note:

Tastes wonderful on toast! My mother's recipe and its foolproof. The beauty of it is that there are no fixed measurements. I make my jelly sometimes with just four guavas. Other times, it may be for 5 lbs...the measurements of all the ingredients increase or decrease depending on the liquid extracted.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Yield: 2 medium ...

• 12 very ripe guavas
• 5 cups water , enough to cover the fruit
• sugar
• lime juice or lemon juice

Directions:

1. Dice guavas into one inch cubes.
2. Place in a large saucepan and cover with just enough water to cover the fruit well.
3. Cover and cook till guavas are very tender, about half an hour.
4. Cool.
5. Cover a large bowl with a muslin cloth and invert fruit onto the cloth taking care to catch the liquid that drips through the muslin, into the bowl.
6. Gather the four ends of the cloth and tie a knot and hang this'bag' for about four hours and collect all the drippings into the bowl.
7. LIGHTLY squeeze out any juice left in the cloth.
8. Discard pulp.
9. Measure the liquid.
10. For every cup of liquid add one cup of sugar and one tablespoon of lemon juice.
11. (Eg. if there are four cups of liquid you would need to add four cups of sugar and four tablespoons of lime/lemon juice.) Put this mixture back on fire and bring to a boil.
12. Lower heat and cook, stirring constantly (as the liquid tends to boil over), till the liquid starts coating the spoon thickly and the juice/jelly drips from the spoon in jointed drops.
13. Let stand for half an hour and pour into jars while still warm.
14. Cover and seal.

Reviews

[praiseyahweh]

I loved it! Instead of straining with towel y put it through food mill after boiling the guava in water then proceded with recipe. i also put 3 cups sugar for 5 cups of guava liquid. It turned out great!

[Molly53]

This jelly would probably be more accurately made with a thermometer. According to the National Center for Home Food Preservation, the thermometer should read 220ºF at sea level, 218ºF at 1000 feet above sea level, 216ºF at 2000 feet above sea level, 214ºF at 3000 feet above sea level, 212ºF at 4000 feet above sea level, 211ºF at 5000 feet above sea level, and 209ºF at 6000 feet above sea level.

[mummamills]

this nearly got 1 star, cause I made it and it looked right, but it was still liquid when it got cold :( SO, I put it back on the heat and simmered for ages , and then I bottled it, and OMG it is great. the colour, the smell and the taste is perfect!!! and for an added thrill, I mixed some with Chrissy O's wato's chillie sauce, and I reckon I could sell that magic drop for about $100 an ounce!!! thanks so much for fab and easy recipe!!