Guava duff
Guava duff, from above
Non vegEggBahamas

Guava duff

A steamed guava roll drenched in warm butter sauce. The Bahamas' proudest pudding.

120 minTime
7 gProtein each
mildSpice
Pudding of the islands2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's waySteamed guava roll with sweet butter sauce.
The original
396kcalsame
7 gproteinsame
5 gfibresame
120minutessame

Guava duff.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

8 servings
Guava4 ripe guavas, or 200 g guava paste
Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)2½ cups
Baking powder2 tsp
Butter½ cup, divided
Sugar¾ cup, divided
Egg1
Milk½ cup
Cinnamon powder1 tsp
Nutmega grating
Fresh cream (thickened cream, heavy cream)¼ cup
Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)1 tsp
Salta pinch

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Simmer the chopped guava with 50 g sugar, cinnamon and a splash of water for 10 minutes, then push through a sieve to remove seeds.
  2. 2Rub 60 g butter into the flour, baking powder, salt and 20 g sugar, then add the egg and milk to make a soft dough.
  3. 3Roll into a 1 cm thick rectangle, spread with guava, roll up like a Swiss roll and wrap in greased foil, leaving room to expand.
  4. 4Steam for 1 hour 15 minutes, topping up the water as needed.
  5. 5Beat the remaining butter and sugar, then warm gently with the cream, vanilla and nutmeg into a pourable sauce.
Serve it like this

Slice thickly, lay two slices on a warm plate and pour the butter sauce over so it pools around the spiral.

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