My wife and I were at the property this week and found the prickly pear cactus fruit was blooming. Instead of letting those go to waste we decided to make a jelly out of the fruit. Special Thanks to Coachs Wife on here and to www.mywildkitchen.com for this awesome recipe! Followed it to a T and it was delicious! Pictures to follow!
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After removing all hairs from fruit, we peeled skin from fruit and added all contents into bowl for boiling. We boiled fruit, seeds and juice for 10 minutes to release the enzymes from fruit to allow SureJell mix to form properly.
WORD OF CAUTION...PEEL FRUIT OUTSIDE AND WEAR CLOTHES YOU DON'T CARE FOR AS FRUIT JUICE STAINS EASILY. DOING THIS WILL AVOID THE EVIL DEATH STARE FROM WIFE!!
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After allowing boiled mash to cool, we separated fruit and seeds from juice by using fine mesh kitchen ladle. Next I added 1 tablespoon Fruit Fresh as a preserver and 1 packet of SureJell to allow juice to form a jelly. We stirred this until dissolved and added 2 cups sugar. (Coaches wife suggested more, but I had significantly less fruit, so we adjusted as necessary). We brought mixture back to a slow boil and continuously stirred until sugar was dissolved.Last edited by LlanoHunter10; 08-11-2018, 03:21 PM.
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I thought I was the only one crazy enough to do this. I have stopped trying to burn off the spines and just use a steam juicer and throw the tunas right in and then once they are good and steamed just smash them with a potato masher.. We filter the juice through a coffee filter to get any things other than juice out It saves lots of time and aggravation of getting all those buggers out of your fingers. I also add cinnamon red hot candies when the juice is still warm from being steamed. I just usually add in a good sized handful and then stir to dissolve. It really highlights the prickly pear natural flavor.
If you really want to wow your friends. Google the cochineal bug. You probably have them on your cactus. Interesting history there.
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We added the jars back into boiling water and let boil for 15 minutes. Carefully removed jars from pot and will let set for 24 hours before trying. This is my first time attempting this recipe and will let yall know how it turns out tomorrow and will adjust as necessary.
Quick Note: 12 pack can of beer full of prickly pear fruit only yielded Nine 4oz. cans worth of jelly. Lots of loss due to amount of seeds!!
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Originally posted by Cactus rancher View PostI thought I was the only one crazy enough to do this. I have stopped trying to burn off the spines and just use a steam juicer and throw the tunas right in and then once they are good and steamed just smash them with a potato masher.. We filter the juice through a coffee filter to get any things other than juice out It saves lots of time and aggravation of getting all those buggers out of your fingers. I also add cinnamon red hot candies when the juice is still warm from being steamed. I just usually add in a good sized handful and then stir to dissolve. It really highlights the prickly pear natural flavor.
If you really want to wow your friends. Google the cochineal bug. You probably have them on your cactus. Interesting history there.
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My mom recently showed me this gem. I used it on wild grapes for grape jelly. It is unreal how much of a difference this makes.
Jelly Mesh Strainer
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