Best Cactus Fruit Prickly Pear Gum Drops Recipes

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10 WAYS TO USE PRICKLY PEARS



10 Ways to Use Prickly Pears image

Learn how to eat cactus fruit with these tasty prickly pear recipes. From drinks to candy to sorbet, prickly pear is a flavor that can't be topped.

Provided by insanelygood

Categories     Recipe Roundup

Number Of Ingredients 10

Prickly Pear Juice
Prickly Pear Syrup
Prickly Pear Margarita
Prickly Pear Bourbon Cocktail
Prickly Pear and Lime Sorbet
Prickly Pear Lemonade
Ten derloin with Prickly Pear Sauce
Prickly Pear Vinaigrette
Prickly Pear Gum Drops
Prickly Pear Jelly

Steps:

  • Select your favorite recipe.
  • Organize all the required ingredients.
  • Prep a prickly pear recipe in 30 minutes or less!

Nutrition Facts :

PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS FRUIT ) JELLY RECIPE - (4.3/5)



Prickly Pear Cactus Fruit ) Jelly Recipe - (4.3/5) image

Provided by BobN

Number Of Ingredients 4

3 lbs ripe prickly pears, enough to yield 3 and 1/4 cups juice from cooked fruit (cactus fruit or tunas)
(3 ounce) bottle liquid pectin
2 lemons, juice of
8 cups sugar

Steps:

  • Pluck the fruit from the cactus with a long handled fork or tongs. 2 Put on rubber gloves to protect your hands: wash fruit under running water, then use a brush to clean (spines left on the fruit will soften during the cooking process and should come off after the fruit is strained). 3 Place in stockpot with about a cup of water. 4 Stir until boiling, cover pan and simmer until tender and soft. 5 Mash cooked fruit and strain using cheesecloth, a jelly bag or a fine sieve; set aside for juice to settle (for very clear jelly, do not use the portion containing sediment). 6 Measure sugar into a separate pan. 7 Bring juice and pectin just to boil, stirring constantly, and begin to add sugar slowly with constant stirring, taking about 5 minutes to add sugar, and keeping juice nearly at a boil. 8 Then bring to a rolling boil and boil for three minutes longer. 9 Remove from heat, let stand a few seconds, skim, pour quickly into jars and seal while hot. 10 Process for ten minutes in a boiling water bath

TUNA ( PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS FRUIT ) JELLY



Tuna ( Prickly Pear Cactus Fruit ) Jelly image

A gorgeously colored, flavorful jelly. This recipe does not double well. It also calls for liquid pectin, but powdered seems to jell a little better. While this recipe is written in a relatively old-fashioned way, it is perfectly safe if processed using modern methods. If you are unfamiliar with these techniques, please go to http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/how/can_home.html for the current information.

Provided by Molly53

Categories     Fruit

Time 40m

Yield 12 half pints

Number Of Ingredients 4

3 lbs ripe prickly pears, enough to yield 3 and 1/4 cups juice from cooked fruit (cactus fruit or tunas)
1 (3 ounce) bottle liquid pectin
2 lemons, juice of
8 cups sugar

Steps:

  • Pluck the fruit from the cactus with a long handled fork or tongs.
  • Put on rubber gloves to protect your hands: wash fruit under running water, then use a brush to clean (spines left on the fruit will soften during the cooking process and should come off after the fruit is strained).
  • Place in stockpot with about a cup of water.
  • Stir until boiling, cover pan and simmer until tender and soft.
  • Mash cooked fruit and strain using cheesecloth, a jelly bag or a fine sieve; set aside for juice to settle (for very clear jelly, do not use the portion containing sediment).
  • Measure sugar into a separate pan.
  • Bring juice and pectin just to boil, stirring constantly, and begin to add sugar slowly with constant stirring, taking about 5 minutes to add sugar, and keeping juice nearly at a boil.
  • Then bring to a rolling boil and boil for three minutes longer.
  • Remove from heat, let stand a few seconds, skim, pour quickly into jars and seal while hot.
  • Process for ten minutes in a boiling water bath.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 565.1, Fat 0.6, SaturatedFat 0.1, Sodium 7.1, Carbohydrate 144.9, Fiber 4.3, Sugar 133.3, Protein 0.9

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