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Menu du jour prickly pear : 24 Recipes


  • Recipe Prickly Pear Jam
    Prickly Pear Jam (1 vote)
    You probably wouldn't expect to find indigenous cactus in south-eastern Virginia, but (thanks to glaciers) that's exactly what we found growing in our sandy soil when we bought our current property. If you don't have access to wild prickly[...]
  • Recipe Prickly Pear Jelly
    Prickly Pear Jelly
    How to harvest Prickly Pears and not get injured? The education department at the Arizona Historical Society tells us not only that but gives us a recipe for the jelly - A little learning plus delicious food at www.arizonahistoricalsociety.org[...]
  • Recipe Prickly Pear Jelly
    Prickly Pear Jelly
    Image by Phae via Flickr   This recipe may sometimes be sticky depending on the maturity of the cactus . 4 cups cactus juice 1/2 cup lemon juice 1 1/2 pkg. powdered pectin 6 cups sugar 1/8 teaspoon salt Use kitchen tongs to[...]
  • Recipe Prickly Pear Cocktail - 1 - $
    Prickly Pear Cocktail - 1 - $
    I've decide to call 'time-out' on the silly season at my place. After indulging for what seems like months, I fear that I will need some kind detox if I don't stop; or at the very least I won't be able to fit into my jeans by the end of the week.[...]
  • Recipe Prickly Pear (Cactus Fruit)
    Prickly Pear (Cactus Fruit) (1 vote)
    Have you ever tried a prickly pear ? Also known as Optunia.     First thing you need to be aware of this fruit is grown on a cactus so it does have many prickles that do hurt if you get pricked.  Be very careful when[...]
  • Recipe Prickly Pear Lemonade Fizz
    Prickly Pear Lemonade Fizz
    What a light refreshing drink!  Fill your glass 2/3 full with lemonade,  add a splash of prickly pear syrup  (I'm sure grenadine would make an excellent substitute), and top off with sparkling water or sparkling wine.
  • Recipe Fresh Prickly Pear Lemonade
    Fresh Prickly Pear Lemonade
    From An Opera Singer in the Kitchen Hello from Houston. I finally have a little moment to blog since we arrived in Texas. It has been a whirlwind of events already and I feel tired. Even though I like traveling I know that the[...]
  • Recipe Prickly Pear Jam 101 Tutorial
    Prickly Pear Jam 101 Tutorial
    Happy Birthday to my husband ACE! If wandering through the desert and desperate for food...I might eat a cactus. Arizona has very specific native plant laws and it is actually illegal to just go out and fill up your buckets. I found a great[...]
  • Recipe Prickly Pear Granita, and a scorpion
    Prickly Pear Granita, and a scorpion
    I have prickles, spikes and burny things on my mind today.  Last night, my son discovered a large scorpion skulking (with intent, I imagined) in my dog's food bowl. I thought we might see the odd critter in our new garden - which is tucked[...]
  • Recipe Prickly Pear, Pepper, Pecan Baked Brie
    Prickly Pear, Pepper, Pecan Baked Brie
    It's hot and sweet with a perfectly lightly salted hunk of brie melting in oozing piles of glory and love over toasted slices of sourdough. I make it about once a year because well...I actually like seeing my feet on occasion. In the[...]