Guava, Ham and Cheese Cachito Twists

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 200 °C for 10 min, and thaw the puff pastry in the fridge so it stays cold. Cold pastry puffs into better layers.

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2. Split the guava paste in half. Melt one half with the water in a small pan on low heat for 2 min, stirring, into a runny glaze. Cut the other half into 5 mm dice.

   Add in this stepGuava paste 40 gWater 2 tsp

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3. Unroll the pastry on baking paper and scatter the ham, cheese and diced guava over one half. Fold the other half over, press firmly with your palms, then cut it into 8 strips of equal width. Hold each strip at both ends, twist it 3 times in opposite directions and lay it 5 cm apart on a lined tray, pressing the ends down.

   Add in this stepPuff pastry sheet, thawed 200 gSliced ham 80 gMozzarella or queso blanco, shredded 80 gGuava paste 40 g

4. Brush with beaten egg, sprinkle with sesame and chill for 10 min. Chilling sets the pastry so the twists don't unwind in the oven.

   Add in this stepEgg (for brushing) 1White sesame seeds 1 tsp

5. Bake in the oven for 16 min. The number of trays is 1×; with 2×, bake on two shelves and swap halfway. They are done when puffed, deep golden and browned underneath.

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6. Brush with the warm guava glaze straight away and cool for 5 minutes. Melted cheese and guava are extremely hot, so don't bite in at once.