Romeo e Julieta - Layered Guava and Cheese Dessert

Romeo e Julieta - Layered Guava and Cheese Dessert

This simple combination of thick slices of salty cheese and sweet guava is truly inspired. It is traditionally made with only 2 ingredients and served as a dessert, although it makes a nice appetizer or snack.

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Course: Appetizer, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: Brazil, South American

Prep Time: 5

Total Time: 5

Servings:

Author: My Hungry Traveler

Ingredients

½ lb. Brazilian queijo minas or Mexican queso fresco or Italian whole milk mozzarella cheese.
½ lb. Guava paste (golabada), canned
2 oz. Cream cheese, optional

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Instructions

Cut equal ½-inch slices of cheese and guava paste. Square off each.
Top a slice of cheese with a thin smear of softened cream cheese. Top cheese with a slice of guava paste. That's it. Savor.

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