How to Prepare Prickly Pear

Step 5: Puree and Purify the Prickly Pear Pulp

Pop the guts of the fruit into a blender. Puree.

There will be a substantial amount of seeds in the puree, so as a final step, press it through a sieve.

I put most of this puree directly into ice cube trays so that I could save it for later.

When you clean the dishes, be sure to enjoy the comically pink color of the rinse water. For extra fun, puree the skins of the cacti with extra water, and use this extract to color something pink.