Guava Cream Cheese Cocktail Fritters/ Pastelillitos de guayaba y queso. Heat plenty of oil and deep fry them until golden brown. Just like I mentioned in my Pastelitos De Carne post, whenever there was is a party, Cuban pastries are near by! These pastelitos de guayaba y queso (guava and cheese pastries) are another staple.

Pastelillos de Guayaba y Queso (Guava and Cheese Pastries) On every trip I have taken to Puerto Rico, the first thing I run to the bakery to eat are the Pastelillos de Guayaba. Pastelillos de Guayaba are made with puff pastry dough, guava paste and cream cheese. Gently unroll one sheet of the puff pastry dough. You can have Guava Cream Cheese Cocktail Fritters/ Pastelillitos de guayaba y queso using 4 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Guava Cream Cheese Cocktail Fritters/ Pastelillitos de guayaba y queso

1. It's 1 packages of small cocktail shells.
2. You need 1/2 cup of Guava jelly.
3. It's 1/2 packages of cream cheese.
4. Prepare of oil (for frying).

See how easy this sweet-tart pastry is to make at home. I swear I almost choked to death the first time I had Pastelillos de Guayaba (pahs-tay-LEE-yos de gwa-YA-bah). Panetela de Guayaba (Panetela of Guava) This is a puertorican style cake. If you like guayaba (guava) like I do you should give it a try.

Guava Cream Cheese Cocktail Fritters/ Pastelillitos de guayaba y queso step by step

1. Take the cocktail shell and add a tablespoon of cream cheese and top it with a teaspoon of the guava jelly..
2. Close the shell and seal it by pressing a fork around the edges..
3. Heat plenty of oil and deep fry them until golden brown. Enjoy! *CAUTION* Filling is going to be HOT!.

Pastelitos de Guava (Guava pastries) are a typical Latin American/Caribbean dessert made with cream cheese and guava paste encased in puff pastry and baked to golden perfection. In the US they are extremely popular in Southern Florida and other areas with large Hispanic populations. These sweet pastelitos de guava are a close cousin to the savory pastelitos which are usually filled with meat. Arepas de Coco Rellenas de Guayaba y Queso Crema. bacalaitos, arepas. Ha, another blog idea just popped in my head.