Guava milkshake (Eng/Esp)

English version

Guava is a fruit that I am particularly fond of, as it was part of my childhood. At my paternal grandmother's house, there were two large trees of different types, one small with a very sweet taste (white guava) and the other larger and pink in color, both of which were delicious. I would get together with my cousins to pick them, which was a lot of fun. We used a garapiño that belonged to my grandfather and could eat as many as we wanted.

We were happy and healthy children, as these guavas helped strengthen our immune systems due to their high vitamin C content and also improved our cardiovascular health. So when my mom brought me some guavas, those memories came flooding back and I decided to make a wonderful drink.

Ingredients:

4 guavas
7 tablespoons of powdered milk
2 tablespoons of sugar
1 liter of water (4 glasses)
Crushed ice

Procedure:

I washed the guavas and proceeded to remove the skins, cutting them into large pieces.

I put them in the blender with the water and sugar, and that's where the magic happened. Immediately, I had a thick and tasty juice, but with lots of seeds.

I found a strainer and processed the liquid, removing all the seeds.

Little Alma doesn't like this fruit, so I decided to add milk to make it more appealing to her taste buds.

I put the juice back in the blender to mix it, and the color change was obvious—it turned a very subtle pale pink.

Finally, I added crushed ice. The girl loves cold drinks; she says they're like ice cream. She enjoyed her juice to the fullest, leaving not a drop behind.

Versión en Español

La guayaba es una fruta a la cual le tengo especial cariño, pues formó parte de mi infancia, en casa de mi abuela paterna había dos grandes árboles de tipos distintos, una de tamaño pequeño con un sabor muy dulce (guayaba blanca) y la otra más grande y de color rosado, ambas era deliciosas. Me reunía con mis primos para agarrarlas, era muy divertido. Usábamos un garapiño que era de mi abuelo y podíamos saciarnos con la cantidad que deseáramos.

Éramos niños felices y sanos, ya que estas guayabas nos ayudaron a fortalecer el sistema inmunológico por su alto contenido en vitamina C, además mejoraron nuestra salud cardiovascular. Así que cuando mi mamá me trajo algunas guayabas, aquellos recuerdos llegaron n a mí y decidí preparar una bebida maravillosa.