Prickly Pear Juice

Name: Prickly Pear Juice
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 6 Piece prickly pears; 2½ Cups water; Ice cubes; pinch salt; pinch sugar; a few drops lime juice

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Prep Time
15 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings
4 servings
Calories
45 kcal
Course
Drinks
Cuisine
South American, Mexican

Prickly Pear Juice

Jonathan Green

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A refreshing juice made from cactus fruits, aka prickly pears.

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Ingredients

Servings

6 Piece prickly pears fresh cactus fruits
2½ Cups water
Ice cubes to your liking

To add flavoring (optional)

pinch salt optional
pinch sugar optional
a few drops lime juice optional

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Instructions

Rinse your fruits and pat dry. Cut off prickly pear ends. Cut lengthwise from top to down into the skin on one side and remove the skin. The skin can be discarded.
Cut the fruit into quarters and then cubes. Place the fruit cubes into a large bowl.
Mash the fruits with a fork and add water a little at a time. Do that until all fruit pieces are mashed and all water has been added. Mix the fruit mash and water.
Prepare another bowl and place a large fine sieve over the bowl. Pour fruit juice into the sieve to strain. The liquid part will fall through into the bowl, the thicker fruit parts will need to be pressed against the sieve to take out all the juice.
When you are done collecting all the juice, discard fruit leftovers in the sieve. Add ice cubes to your liking to your juice. You can choose to season too with salt, sugar, and lime juice.

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Notes

You can choose to flavor your juice by adding a pinch of salt, sugar, and a few drops of lime juice together. Mix it in and serve up your juice cooled.