Juice prickly pears with a juicer. Discard pulp, use for compost or feed to some animals.
Don't have a juicer? Cut prickly pear in half and scoop insides into a blender or food processor and puree. You can add a little water if you need to in order to get it moving.
Pour juice into an ice cube tray and freeze.
Pour 8 ounces of cold water into a glass and add ice cubes. Add 1 or 2 of these pretty ice cubes to the glass and drink to your good health!
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Cut prickly pears in half lengthwise and scoop out flesh with a spoon. Process in a blender until smooth. Push pulp through a fine mesh strainer to extract about 1 1/2 cups juice. Discard pulp.
Place prickly pear juice, water, lime juice, stevia, and mint in a blender. Blend until smooth. Pour into two 16-ounce glasses filled with ice.
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Stir in prickly pears, return to a gentle boil
Put prickly pears in a bowl or dishpan
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Shred the prickly pears in a food processor; mix
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Remove skins from prickly pears.
Slice and remove skins.
Cover orange with water and soak overnight.
Add orange juice, prickly pear, and sugar to orange which has soaked overnight.
Heat slowly and stir until the sugar is dissolved.
Continue stirring frequently and boil about 30 minutes or until the mixture is thick and the fruit is clear.
Pour into hot, dry, sterilized jars to within 1/4 inch of the top if paraffin is used; otherwise fill to the top.
Seal.
Gather large ripe fruit.
Wash and slit to remove seeds.
Preheat oven to 325- 350 degrees.
Spread fruits in a sigle layer in a buttered 8 inch pan.
Combine sugar, cinnamon, and butter and mix well with fingers.
Add lemon juice and stir well with a spoon.
Sprinkle mixture evenly over fruits.
Bake 30- 35 minutes and serve warm with cream.
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You peel a prickly pear fruit by very carefully
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In a blender, blend the cantaloupe, watermelon, papaya, carrot juice, orange juice, beet juice, apples and prickly pears if using with ice. Serve icy cold.
Cook's Note:
You could substitute kiwi or any of your favorite fruits for the prickly pear (or any of the other fruits) to create your own version of tutti-frutti.
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 ...
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Drain pears; pat dry with paper toweling
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Place prickly pear in a fine-mesh
Harvest tunas (prickly pear fruits) wearing thick gloves.
1. Mix sugar and hot water until sugar dissolves. Add lemon and lime juice, then stir.
2. Add tequila, triple sec, and prickly pear syrup. Mix thoroughly and chill for one hour.
3. Blend w/ice until frothy. Garnish w/wedges.