We'd see guava pastries at Publix in the bakery case and wonder what it was like.  I went home to Chicago this weekend and my mom was baking some.  So now that I'm back in Florida of course I had to try to make some too.  Thanks Mommy!
   
In the ethnic aisle at Publix we found the guava paste.  Goya makes a version that comes in a can, but per ounce it costs twice as much as this one I found in a plastic pouch. I  just transferred it to a tight sealing container to store in the fridge.  It's like a firm jam, very sweet sticky with a slightly tart guava flavour.  I used one of the two sheets of puff pastry from the frozen section, thawed out on the Silpat.  I unfolded it and cut it into 9 squares with a pizza cutter.  For the cheese filling I creamed together about half a beaten egg, about a teaspoon of sugar, and about 1/4 brick of 8 oz. cream cheese.  I spooned a dollop of cheese filling into the middle of each puff pastry square and pushed a small slice of guava paste on top of that.

I brushed the edges of the pastry with the beaten egg, folded in half then brushed top with egg.
I cut three slits for venting, but wish I cut them deeper so the guava peeped out the windows.

Baked in a preheated 400 degree oven for 20 minutes. Look how much they puff after 10 minutes.

Golden brown after 20 minutes.  A couple weren't sealed well and guava leaked out.

Cooled on a rack and served with coffee. Flaky, crispy, buttery, cheesy, tart, sweet, delicious!

And here's to Mommy for inspiring me to try to bake with puff pastry for the first time!