Guava Salad Dressing, Dipping Sauce and Marinade

 

Recipe #1

This first recipe features our ATE or guava paste. It is delicious on a salad of mixed greens, fruit and finely sliced shallots. It can also be used as a marinade for fish, chicken or pork.

Ingredients:

1/3 cup (3 oz) ATE (guava paste)

2/3 cup water

1/4 finely diced shallots or onion

Simmer ingredients in a pot until guava paste is melted and blended fully with the water. 

Add:

1/4 cup rice vinegar

1 teaspoon dark sesame oil

(Original recipe found on My Recipes)

Variations:

1.The sauce thickens when cool and you may want to add more vinegar or lime juice to thin it out.  

2. Add salt or soy sauce if desired

3. A dash or two of hot sauce can be used for a hotter sweet and sour flavour 

Recipe #2 

  

This salad dressing features our guava sauce

Whisk together:

1/3 cup guava sauce

1/2 cup (125 ml) extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup (60 ml) filtered water
Juice of 1 lemon or lime
1 small shallot, minced
1 Tbsp (15 ml) ginger, minced
1 Tbsp (15 ml) honey
1 Tbsp (15 ml) cilantro, chopped

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Lively Lemon-Guava Dessert Squares

This light and flavourful low fat dessert does not require any baking and features our guava sauce. It can be frozen and then thawed in the refrigerator before serving. Be sure to note the variations at the bottom of the recipe.

Ingredients:

Crust: 1-1/2 cups chocolate or graham cracker cookie crumbs
           1/4 cup melted butter

Filling: 1- 4 serving size packaged lemon jelly powder ( light or regular)
           1 cup boiling water
           16 ounces evaporated milk, chilled in the fridge
           1/2- 1 cup sugar or granulated sweetener (to taste)
           2 cups guava sauce

Method:

Reserve 1/4 cup crumbs for topping. Combine remaining crumbs with butter and press into the bottom of a 9x13 pan.

Dissolve jelly powder in boiling water and chill in freezer until cool to touch. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whip evaporated milk until soft peaks form. Stir in sugar, guava sauce and cooled jelly mixture, mixing until thoroughly combined.

Refrigerate until set (at least 2 hours). Cut into squares to serve.

Variations:

1) Omit crust and serve in dessert bowls garnished with fresh fruit
2) Use 1 cup guava sauce and 1 cup canned crushed pineapple
3) Substitute lime jelly powder for the lemon jelly powder

 
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Delicious Guava Smoothie

Guava Banana Smoothie

This is a nutritious smoothie for breakfast or any time of day. The recipe makes a 10 to 12 ounce drink depending on the size of the banana.

Blend in blender until smooth:

1 banana
1/2 cup guava sauce
1/2 cup yogurt or buttermilk
1-2 ice cubes

Garnish as desired and serve immediately.

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Este es un licuado muy nutritivo para el desayuno o a cualquier hora del día. La receta es suficiente para hacer un licuado de 300-360 mL; la cantidad depende del tamaño del plátano.

Licuar: 

1 plátano, 

1/2 taza (125 mL) pure de guayaba, 

1/2 taza (125 mL) yogourth o leche, 

1-2 cubitos de hielo.


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Guava-Swirled Cheesecake

This lower fat cheesecake is featured on My Recipes website. Use our Guava ATE as guava paste. Follow tha link below for the recipe. (the photo is from the website)

Guava-Swirled Cheesecake


Contact us by e-mail at guavasaucepdn@yahoo.com.mx

SIAL Canada 2011, Toronto

Philip Tolman at the La Guava kiosk

 We attended SIAL Canada 2011 in Toronto, Canada from May 11-13 and had the opportunity to promote our gauva products in an international food fair. The assistance of ProMéxico was very valuable and we are grateful for their support.

Assistant Exhibitor Becka

Philip Tolman arranges the show case

Our products on display

Philip is heading to SIAL CHINA next week for further promotion of La Guava Sauce.



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Oatmeal Guava Sauce Muffins

Guava sauce is a tasty and versatile ingredient in baking and as a marinade/condiment for meat dishes. Here is the first of a series of recipes which feature our products. We welcome ideas from our readers as well.


This muffin recipe uses our guava sauce which is sold in 450 g bags and 1 kilogram bags. The sauce is high in fiber and vitamin C. Half a cup of sauce has 5 g of fiber and 190% of the RDA of vitamin C.

Oatmeal Guava Sauce Muffins

2 cups whole wheat or white flour
1-1/2 cups large flake rolled oats
1/2 cup brown sugar
6 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Combine dry ingredients in a bowl
then add..

2 eggs
1/2 cup oil
1-1/3 cups guava sauce
2/3 cup milk

Mix ingredients by hand until blended.

Add as desired...

1/2 cup raisins or other dried fruit, coconut, chopped nuts, chocolate chips

Put batter in prepared muffin cups and bake at 375F for approximately 15 minutes or until muffin tops are firm.

Makes 16 large or 30 mini muffins


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Where in the world are we?

 Our facilities are located in a beautiful valley just outside the city of Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico. The fertile ground is ideal for a variety of crops and we have a large number of fruit trees on our property. We buy guavas from local farmers and all aspects of our operation provide economic opportunies for area residents.

This is the area where guava seedlings are grown and eventually sold to local farmers. 

 Women from the nearby village sort and prepare fruit for processing.

Bins of our product are ready for distribution.

E-mail us at guavasaucepdn@yahoo.com.mx

Company Technical Information

Purés y Derivados de Nayarit

History, Products and technical information

Our History

The basic concept for our company Purés y Derivados de Nayarit S de RL Mi (PDN) was born in the year 2006 as we looked for a solution for the loss of the guava harvest in our region. The largest challenge we found in processing guavas was the job of extracting the small seeds that the fruit has, in a practical manner. We started with a hand extractor for apple sauce using cooked guavas and freezing the sauce that was extracted. The product was very flavorful and had a nice texture. We could also mix it with other fruits such as strawberries or blackberries which also gave it an attractive presentation.

Our next step was to design a machine that would do the work in larger quantities. By the end of 2008 we had our prototype functioning and we started construction of a small factory designed specially for processing the guava sauce. On the 1st of April of 2009 we had our inauguration with many government officials present. In the following 8 months of 2009 we processed more that 10 metric tons of guava to check all the aspects of our NEW product. This is only a small percentage of our present capacity of over 40 metric tons a year.

At present we process 3 types of products

a) Guava sauce: this is our principal product which we package raw or cooked and sell in vacuum packed bags of up to 2 Kg. This can also be mixed with other fruits.

b) ATE (chewable candies) of guava. This is sold in three presentations, natural candies, fire balls of guava or guava bars with chocolate

c) ATE guava paste (sweetened) for baking and for ice cream

All our products have the seeds extracted and are made with only top quality guavas.

We can also export fresh guavas in boxes or frozen guavas with or without seeds in bags

Information on our products: 

GUAVA SAUCE raw or cooked:
vacuum packaged in bags of up to 2 kg
Needs refrigeration. Shelf life 6- 8 months
Ingredients: Guava sauce, dextrose, refined cane sugar, salt, potassium sorbate (as a preservative)

Brix 33-37, Water Activity 0.96 pH 3.5-3,8


ATES of Guava (Guava Paste)
a)Natural Candies in presentations of 500 grams
   Shelf life 6- 8 months
   Ingredients: Guava sauce, Cane Sugar, Glucose, citric acid


b) ATE with chile
   in presentations of 70 gram (Approx. 5 balls)
   Ingredients: Guava sauce, Cane Sugar, Glucose, citric acid, chile powder (red peppers), salt

Shelf life 6- 8 months


c) ATES with chocolate
   in presentations of 80 grams (approx.)
   Ingredients: Candy: Guava sauce, Cane Sugar, Glucose, citric acid
   Chocolate: sugar milk powder, cacao paste, cacao, butter lecithin, vanilla, salt
   Cookie; Wheat flour, sugar, vegetable oil, salt

  Shelf life 6- 8 months


ATES liquid sweetened guava paste
for baking or ice cream in presentations of 20 Kg
Ingredients: Guava sauce, Cane Sugar, Glucose, citric acid, potassium sorbate
Shelf life 6- 8 months

Chocolate Gevan a Guava delight

Our long awaited guava chocolate bar is now on the market. In December of 2009 we put test samples on the market and have since been making minor changes in the wafer base and the chocolate covering. We had to make major changes in the packaging as we didn't want to cover the bar with foil as most chocolates are packaged. We finally opted for a clear plastic covering with a vacuum packed chocolate. The sweet guava candied filling placed on a wafer with a semi-sweet chocolate covering is the perfect sweet for people that want something different.

Our new e-mail is guavasaucepdn@yahoo.com.mx