Ways of Using Common Guavas

Extraction of guava juice for jelly:

Select half-ripe, sour guavas; wash, remove blossom end, and blemishes. Slice or cut into quarters. Add ¾ pound (1½ cups) water to each pound of guavas. This amount of water should almost cover the guavas. Boil for about 20 minutes. Strain through a flannel jelly bag. Do not squeeze bag in extracting the juice. If desired, a second extraction of juice may be made from the same pulp by adding water and boiling again. The second extraction will have almost as much pectin but not so much acid as the first. When jelly is being made, a small amount of lemon juice may be added to increase the acid.