Mexican Poached Guavas

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 lbs ripe guavas
• 1 1/3 cups sugar
• 1 cinnamon stick (4 inches long)
• 8 cloves
• 2 strips lime zest (green only-2 inches long by 1 inch wide)
• 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla (if using mexican vanilla-1/2 t. for "regular")

Recipe

• 1 peel guavas, cut in half, scoop out the seedy center and leave the shells.
• 2 set aside.
• 3 in a large saucepan combine the sugar, cinnamon, cloves, zest, juice and 2 1/2 cups water.
• 4 simmer and stir.
• 5 cover and simmer 20 minutes.
• 6 uncover, strain, return syrup to pan and bring to temp over medium heat.
• 7 add the fruit.
• 8 poach to tender but firm.
• 9 around 8 minutes.
• 10 remove fruit and boil the syrup to reduced to 1 cup.
• 11 remove, stir in vanilla and pour over fruit-cool and serve.