Homemade Prickly Pear Syrup
Simple Syrup from Prickly Pear
Equipment
- 1 medium pot
Materials
- 3 Peeled Prickly Pears
- 1 cup Water
- ½ cup Sugar
- 1 tsp Lemon juice
Instructions
- Peel your Prickly Pear fruit
- Watch out for the pricks! Be sure the prickly pear fruit are soaked or charred to get the pricks off. Sometimes you can buy the fruit from the market already de-pricked!
- Cut the fruit in half and scoop out the seedy pulp- and add to your pot
- Use a potato masher to break up the pulp
- Add the sugar and water to the pot
- Bring the mix to a boil, and then turn down the heat and let it simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool
- Place a mesh strainer over a glass bowl or measuring cup. Stir the pulp in the strainer to release the liquid. You want to remove seeds and sentiment in this step.
- Add the lemon and stir
- Store in a sealed glass jar for up to a month in the refrigerator