Strawberry Guava Jam

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups guava
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 3 cups sugar

Recipe

• 1 select guavas that are still firm. wash, trim off top and bottom and cut in half. then use a grapefruit spoon to scoop out the center with all seeds into 1 bowl and skin and meat into another bowl.
• 2 place the seedy bowl into a blender and add just a tad of water and pulse a couple times. strain with a strainer to catch only the seeds or use a netting material and squeeze juice and pulp out.
• 3 place the juice and meat with skins in a large pot and add water until it shows through the fruit.
• 4 cook gently until guavas are tender, about 30 minutes.
• 5 add lemon and sugar.
• 6 stir the mixture until the sugar has dissolved.
• 7 after the jam comes to a full boil, let it cook for 15-20 minutes or until done.
• 8 use a stick blender to reduce the size of the meat (or process in food processor or blender -- i prefer the stick as it is easier and allows you to leave nice size fruit in the jam.
• 9 pour into sterilized jars, seal and use safe canning methodology.