Masa Real
(Or, Masa Real De Guayaba)
You could just call it a guava pastry. That usually works, too. But, there are a few different versions of “guava pastry”. Another common version of “guava pastry” (Pastelitos, Pastelitos de Guayaba, or Pasteles) stuffs guava paste (and sometimes guava and cream cheese, Pastelitos de Guyana y Queso) into puff pastry. After baking the top of the crispy puff pastry is brushed with glossy sugar syrup. They’re a completely different guava pastry (and generally easier to find in Miami). But, they’re equally delicious.
For us, nothing says home like a guava pastry or two. When we aren’t baking our own version of the dish (which is very hard to beat). We’ll take what we can get. And, this was a lovely version that easily reminds us of Miami. Soft, yet dense sweet layers of cake are filled with a thick fudgy guava paste. We’d prefer more guava and less sugar in the filling. But, this was quite nice. Since our guava pastry options are limited here, we’d happily buy these again.
Pair with a café Cubano or cortadito for a sweet treat.
Twelve very generous slices for $6.49.
El Faro Bakery
Hialeah Gardens, FL
Find it here:
Mercado Fresco
4166 Buford Highway NE
Suite 1115
Atlanta, GA 30345
404 633 3066
