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Cactus juice is safe to drink and cook with.
Prickly pear cactus grows year-round in some warm, arid climates, and it contains a pulpy juice you can drink plain or use in recipes. You do not have to be a desert dweller to enjoy prickly pears. These plants grow in gardens and nurseries, too. To access the juice inside the pear, you must peel it. This task can be painful if you poke your finger the glochids or cactus needles that cover the surface of the plant. Learn extract juice from the young, red fruit on the plant without harming yourself. Add this to my Recipe Box.
Instructions
1. Locate the prickly pear cactus you want to juice. Remove the red fruit from the cactus using a pair of tongs.
2. Pick up the fruit with the tongs and place it under running water to wash it.
3. Place the fruit on the cutting board and cut off the ends of the prickly pear with a sharp knife. Cut a slit in the side of the cactus.
4. Peel the skin away with the knife and toss it out. Save the inner fruit from the cactus.
5. Put the fruit in a food processor. Fill up the food processor with the fruit, and put on the lid. Puree the fruit in the processor for 1 minute.
6. Strain the juice through a sieve into a bowl. Shake the sieve to coax the remaining juice from the strainer. Use the juice left behind in the bowl.
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