The best way to enjoy prickly pear is to drink it. Here's a recipe for boozy tepache de tuna Welcome to the Sonoran kitchen, where chef Minerva Orduño Rincón shares the history of the Sonoran ...

8 prickly pears. 1/2 cup fresh lime juice. 1/2 cup water. 1/3 cup light agave nectar. 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt. Ice and lime wheels, for serving ...

This recipe is adapted from the Prickly Pear Jelly Recipe on Root Simple.com. Ingredients: 2 1/2 pounds prickly pear cactus fruit; 1/2 cup lemon juice; 5 cups sugar; 1 box of powdered pectin (18 ...

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. Rather than letting the pods go to waste ...

Prickly Pear Fruit. Sugar. Citric Acid. N.B. The fine prickles in the fruit can cause a few problems. I was picking prickles from my fingers for a few days after I made this jam.

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.

You can vary endlessly on this recipe by replacing the prickly pears with any other type of fruit: mango (mangua), figs (teen) mulberry (toot), banana (moz), raspberry or strawberry (fraise).