# Pastelito de Guayaba

A delicious Cuban pastry made with puff pastry and guava paste, glazed with a simple sugar syrup.

- Total time: 20 min
- Cuisine: Caribbean
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- puff pastry
- guava paste
- 1 egg
- 0.5 cup sugar
- 0.5 cup water

## Instructions

1. Cut the puff pastry into three rectangles.
2. Cut three pastelitos out of one rectangle of puff pastry.
3. Cut the guava paste into little strips.
4. Place the bottoms of your pastelito on a sheet tray.
5. Place the guava in the middle, leaving room for the egg wash on the edges.
6. Paint some egg wash onto the edges.
7. Come in with the other half of your puff pastry.
8. Poke a little hole in the top to let the pastelitos breathe.
9. Finish these off with a little bit more egg wash.
10. Pop these babies into the oven at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.
11. Add half a cup of sugar to a pot.
12. Add half a cup of water to the pot.
13. Let this sugar boil for 5 minutes to create the glaze.
14. Brush the baked pastelitos with your beautiful glaze.

## Equipment

- knife
- sheet tray
- baking sheet
- basting brush
- pot

## Tips

- If you don't put on the egg wash, these things come out "balido" (pale).

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8j7ujUL/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/acad6fe5-9200-477e-b79e-63c56b602eb3
- Extracted: 2025-11-01

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