Prickly Pear Jelly *Center Staff Member Recipe from Rick Mick: Rick helps write and edit the Center’s action alerts, weekly e-newsletter and other email communications. This recipe is adapted from the ...

The leftover pulp and seeds were saved for the compost pile. Prickly pear fruit can be prepared in a variety of ways. Consider these recipes using prickly pear fruit.

Make some prickly pear jam Life in the upper Sonoran Desert has its perks. Among them: six months of peerless weather and more prickly pear pods than you can shake a rain stick at.

1 cup heavy cream GLAZE 10 ounces prickly pear jelly (find the recipe in my book, “The Field to Table Cookbook,” or order from Meier Ranch Foods in Fredericksburg; meierranchfoods.com) ...

Prickly pear, a fruit derived from the cactus plant, is gaining popularity in culinary and health circles due to its unique flavor, vibrant color, and nutritional benefits.

NPR's John Burnett talks with a Texas ethno botanist who touts the healing properties of prickly pear jelly. He takes us into the kitchen where he makes his own and shares the process.

The big problem with the prickly pear fruit is preparation to remove spines. Even those that look spineless have light spots covered with microscopic glochids, which are hair-like spines just 1/8 ...

Rather than letting the pods go to waste, reader Christine Newman suggests making prickly pear jam. Some picking, boiling, mashing and straining is involved.