Prickly pear jam recipe

This prickly pear jelly is made with prickly pear juice, lemon juice, pectin, and sugar in this family recipe for homemade magenta-colored jelly.

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 article on the prickly pear fruit here that said, "Native plants in Arizona are protected by law and cannot be harvested or moved without a permit from the state's Department of Agriculture. It is illegal to harvest even the fruit from city, county…

Have you ever had Prickly Pear Jelly? Would you like to try it? Well, I'm going to share with you how I made mine. The picking and cleani...

A simple prickly pear jelly preserves these beautiful cactus fruits for year-round eating.

A while back I was thinking about making prickly pear jam. Guess seeing the beautiful red fruit just inspired me. Many years ago, I tried to make prickly pear jelly, I ended up with syrup. It was g…

Do you remember when I made prickly pear juice a few weeks ago and left you in suspense about what to do with it? Well, if you followed tho...

Prickly Pear tunas are turning ripe this time of year. Tuna are the fruit of the prickly pear cacti that ripen after it flowers. Prickly Pear Jelly has a unique flavor I wouldn't begin to know how to describe, but it's good. My neighbor has a nice crop of tunas this year and I decided to try my hand at making jelly. I searched the web for recipes and tips then got started. There are different kinds of prickly pears and the tunas can be different colors. I'm not sure all prickly pear tuna are…

Don't be afraid to use prickly pears to make this uniquely flavorful jam, but do use gloves to remove the invisible spines.

Prickly Pear Jelly (Heritage Recipe) For several years, when the children were teenagers, the Tanner family would go out to t...

Prickly pear adds a sweet flavor to barbecue sauce, that almost tastes like watermelon. Serve with smoked baby back ribs.