{"id":8284,"date":"2020-04-29T11:10:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T17:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/?p=8284"},"modified":"2020-04-29T11:10:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T17:10:50","slug":"romeo-juliet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/romeo-juliet.html","title":{"rendered":"Romeo &#038; Juliet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Like the star-crossed lovers, the flavor combination in this Brazilian Romeo and Juliet recipe is a perfect pairing. Salty, soft cheese and sweet, guava paste combine in this unique and simple dish.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26842 lazyloaded alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curiouscuisiniere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Brazilian-Romeo-and-Juliet-Dessert-Recipe-5018.212.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curiouscuisiniere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Brazilian-Romeo-and-Juliet-Dessert-Recipe-5018.212.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.curiouscuisiniere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Brazilian-Romeo-and-Juliet-Dessert-Recipe-5018.212-200x300.jpg 200w\" alt=\"Like star-crossed lovers, the flavor combination in this Brazilian Romeo and Juliet recipe is a perfect pairing. Salty, soft cheese and sweet, guava paste combine in this unique and simple dish, which can be served as an dessert or appetizer. | www.CuriousCuisiniere.com\" width=\"139\" height=\"208\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.curiouscuisiniere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Brazilian-Romeo-and-Juliet-Dessert-Recipe-5018.212.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curiouscuisiniere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Brazilian-Romeo-and-Juliet-Dessert-Recipe-5018.212.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.curiouscuisiniere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Brazilian-Romeo-and-Juliet-Dessert-Recipe-5018.212-200x300.jpg 200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Guava paste (or <\/span>goiabada<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> in Portuguese) is a preserve made simply from guava and sugar.\u00a0<\/span>The paste has a consistency of a thick fruit butter that has been jellied. It is often found in a brick form, making it easy to slice for these tasty bites.You can often find guava paste in the Latin section of your grocery store.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-slot-rendered-dynamic=\"true\"><em>Traditionally, Brazilian Romeo and Juliette is made with a soft, white, slightly salty cheese from the region of Minas Gerais, called\u00a0queijo minas.\u00a0 It is a difficult cheese to find in the States, so often Mexican Queso Fresco (or Queso Blanco if you want your cheese less salty) is used as a substitute.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This recipe really could not be more simple once you get the ingredients!.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 block of guava paste (available at some\u00a0Latino\u00a0and Asian grocers)<\/li>\n<li>1 block of white cheese, (like queso fresco or canastra)<\/li>\n<li>toothpicks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Directions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Slice guava paste and cheese in thin, even slices.<\/li>\n<li>Stack 4 slices (2 guava, 2 cheese) alternating colors.<\/li>\n<li>cut into bite size cubes.<\/li>\n<li>stab with a toothpick.<\/li>\n<li>Serve chilled or room temperature.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Serves:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> Hard to say, how big is your block?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0 <\/strong>Obrigado Brazil! &#8211; VPWL November 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like the star-crossed lovers, the flavor combination in this Brazilian Romeo and Juliet recipe is a perfect pairing. Salty, soft cheese and sweet, guava paste combine in this unique and simple dish. Guava paste (or goiabada in Portuguese) is a preserve made simply from guava and sugar.\u00a0The paste has a consistency of a thick fruit &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/romeo-juliet.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Romeo &#038; Juliet&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[58],"class_list":["post-8284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appetizers","tag-vpwl-oct-2012"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8284"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8286,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8284\/revisions\/8286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}