Post #351688 by The Gnomon on Fri, Dec 28, 2007 7:43 AM

I don't know if you're into extracting your own juices...

... :lol: don't that sound nasty ...

... but in season I buy guavas (in the Washington area, rare though they are to find) and make my own guava nectar, which is juice with as much pulp removed as possible.

Due to its rare appearance here, I mainly rely on the Goya brand of frozen pulps, one of which is guava. Besides that they have guanabana, passion fruit, mango, and others. The guava pulp is not as gritty as a fresh guava, but it's still pretty good and definitely convenient. You just have to have the patience to strain the juice out of the pulp with cheesecloth or a straining bag (Scottes located these).

I've found that the Goya pulps make really good nectars. When you can make it from fresh fruit, that's just an occasional treat (unless you can get the fresh fruit year round). Of course, you can buy ready-made guava nectar, of which there are several brands, including Goya's, but they all have preservatives and additives that you bypass when you make the nectar from pulp, plus they don't taste nearly as good.

If you can find Goya fruit pulps in your store, definitely go that route.

[ Edited by: The Gnomon 2007-12-28 07:47 ]