Pastelillos de Guayaba - Puerto Rican Guava Pastry
These authentic Puerto Rican Pastelillos de Guayaba are delicious, flakey and baked with 3 layers of puff pastry filled with 2 layers of sweet guava paste and sprinkled with powdered sugar. For a more subtle sweetness, try a cream cheese and guava filling.
Ingredients
- 1 box of of frozen puff pastry dough 2 sheets inside
- 7 oz of guava paste
- 1 large egg yolk for egg wash
- 1 tablespoon of water for egg wash
- Powdered sugar to taste
- All purpose flour for dusting
Instructions
Prepare the Pastry
- Using a floured rolling pin, roll out 2 sheets of thawed puff pastry. (Thaw for 1-2 hours before use.)
- Once desired thinness, with a knife or pastry cutter slice 3 even vertical strips into each puff pastry sheet. You should have 6 strips.
- Then cut each strip into 3 pieces. You should be left with 18 squares.
Assembly & Bake the Pastelillos
- Cut 1 to 1 ½ inch cubes of guava paste.
- Place guava cubes in the center of your puff pastry squares.
- Combine 1 egg yolk and water to create an egg wash. Brush along the edges of the square.
- Place a second puff pastry square on top and gently press the 2 squares together.
- For a traditional pastelillo (double decker style), place another guava cube on top the second square and cover with a third puff pastry square.
- Brush completed pastelillos with remaining egg wash.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes in a 400 degree (F) oven.
- Remove and cool for 5 minutes, then sprinkle powdered sugar if desired.
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Notes
This recipe uses store-bought puff pastry but can also be adapted to use homemade puff pastry.