I looked through the archives of this group but didn't find an
answer to this specific question among the guava discussions.

I have a three-year-old dwarf guava tree that has given me
dozens of cute little guavas in the past few weeks. I've been
dutifully halving them, scooping out the pulp, and freezing
it until I can figure out what to do with it.

Tonight, I decided that guava puree would be nice on lemon
sorbet. I tried pureeing the pulp in the blender, but even
after I simmered the pulp for 5-10 minutes, the seeds weren't
soft enough for the blender to pulverize them. I finally ended
up slightly diluting the pulp with water to thin it, then
pressing it through a wire strainer, which gave me separate
pulp juice and seeds.

Is that pretty much the best way to remove the seeds? Was
simmering the pulp a wasted step? Or alternatively, is it
possible to soften the seeds enough to pulverize them if
I simmer the pulp even longer?

My dessert was very tasty, but I'd like to go with the most
efficient process next time instead of trying all sorts of
approaches. :-)


Thanks!
Patty

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