| 4 cups prickly pear cactus or 4 cups nopales 3 cups granulated sugar 1 cup water 2 tablespoons orange juice 1 tablespoon lemon juice Directions prickly pear cactus from the desert 1. Select prickly pear cactus. Remove spines and outside layer(skin) with large knife or buy one already spined, can be found in most stores). 2. Cut pulp across in slices one-inch thick. 3. Soak overnight in cold water. 4. Remove from water, cut into 1" cubes and cook in boiling water until tender, then drain. 5. Heat all remaining ingredientsr and water until sugar is dissolved. Then add cactus. 6. Cook slowly in the syrup until nearly all the syrup is absorbed. Do not scorch! 7. Remove cactus from syrup, drain and roll in granulated or powdered sugar. For colored cactus candy, any vegetable food coloring may be added to the syrup. . |
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