Hi Brazil!

It’s a simple dish, you can buy guava paste,queso fresco in Brazil, but I don’t find those things in Taiwan, but my Brazilian chef said I can make by myself.

History

Colombia,Venezuela: Bocadillo Con Queso

Cheese and Guava Paste
Going north to this is not much drama, the ingredients are fixed guava.

Brazi: Romeu e Julieta

Cheese and Guava Paste
Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare in late 16th century, Columbus came to America in the 15th, so it make sense, I guess after the 20th century Brazilians named this southern dessert after an opera.

Paraguay: Dulce de Guayaba

Cheese and Guava Paste
From here change to Guava paste.

Uruguay: Martín Fierro

Cheese and Quince Paste
Martín Fierro loves Vigilante, and change sweet potato paste with quince paste.

Argentina: Vigilante

Cheese and Sweet-Potato Paste
Guava is not a fruit endemic of Argentina, but Argentine use sweet potato and call Postre Vigilante (or Martín Fierro).

The story behind this dessert is that it was created in a 1920’s Palermo cantina (cafeteria/snack bar) that was frequented by police officers, and for this reason received the name “vigilante”.
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Recipe

Guava Paste

Remove 2 guavas‘ skin and seeds, deep seeds into 1 cup of water.

Add the soaked seed sticky water, add 2 cups of sugar and cook until thick(can add some gelatin too),

Refrigerate

Cottage Cheese/Ricotta Cheese

Cottage cheese is more easy to make than mozzarella.

Fresh milk, vinegar, any kind of cheese, put 1 cup milk to boil, then add 1 pinch of salt or parmesan cheese or any cheese, mix well, starts to boil.