Bocadillos :

Among all Colombian desserts, this is the simplest one as it is just Guava Paste that is eaten as snacks (Bocadillo is Spanish for Snack). You can easily find it in stores in the shape of candies or as packaged paste or you can make it yourself and serve it with fresh cheese, a sweet and salty combination that many people really like.

INGREDIENTS:

·         4 pounds of sweet pink guavas.

·         Refined white sugar, twice the amount of the pulp as cups.

·         Juice of one fresh orange.

·         1 cup water.

PREPARATION:

1.      Cutting and cooking the guavas in a cup of water, blend and strain the juice, put the pulp into a large pan with the sugar, cups measured by the amount of pulp and the measure will double the amount of sugar (Example: for a cup of pulp, add two cups of sugar).

2.      Dissolve the sugar and add orange juice, place over medium heat and stir with a swing (large blade and long wooden) continuously until it is compacted and see the bottom of the pan, to see if it is a sandwich, placed in a dish a little sweet and if it forms a ball is because it is already.

3.      In a rectangular refractory 20 centimeters by 30 centimeters, we spread sweet sugar and add the hot, sprinkle sugar on top of sweet, cool and cut with a knife the desired size snacks.