Best Cactus Fruit Cocktails Recipes

10 Ways to Use Prickly Pears image

Provided by insanelygood

Number Of Ingredients 10

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Prickly Pear Syrup
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Prickly Pear and Lime Sorbet
Prickly Pear Lemonade
Ten derloin with Prickly Pear Sauce
Prickly Pear Vinaigrette
Prickly Pear Gum Drops
Prickly Pear Jelly

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Nutrition Facts :

Prickly Pear Cactus Margarita image

Provided by Shannon Lindell

Time 10m

Yield 1

Number Of Ingredients 6

coarse salt as needed
2 fluid ounces tequila
2 fluid ounces sweet and sour mix
1 fluid ounce triple sec
1 fluid ounce lime juice
1 fluid ounce prickly pear syrup

Steps:

Pour salt into a small plate. Wet the rim of a margarita glass and dip rim into salt.
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice; pour tequila, sweet and sour mix, triple sec, lime juice, and pear syrup over ice. Cover shaker and shake drink; strain into prepared margarita glass.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 422.9 calories, Carbohydrate 56.3 g, Fat 0.1 g, Fiber 0.1 g, Protein 0.1 g, Sodium 3.1 mg, Sugar 52.1 g

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Provided by Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee

Yield Makes 2 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

4 prickly pears, peeled
Ice
4 ounces tequila
1 1/2 ounces triple sec
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
1 tablespoon sugar
Coarse-grained salt for rimming (optional)
Lime slices for garnish (optional)

Steps:

Place the prickly pears in a blender and pulse until liquefied. Strain the juice into a small bowl (you should have about 1 cup of juice).
Fill a large cocktail shaker with ice, add the prickly pear juice, tequila, triple sec, lime juice, and sugar and shake vigorously.
Pour into glasses filled with ice, rimmed with salt or sugar, if you like. Garnish with lime slices.