Making jelly
 

PRICKLEY PEAR to be more precise. My daughter and I picked about 20-25 pounds of Prickley Pear tops this past weekend and from that I got 48, eight ounce jars of jelly. I found another cactus plant and again picked between 20-25 pounds of tops. I extracted the juice and this time I put into the freezer for later use. See photos below.

Yep probably should wear gloves!

Very cool!

I did wear gloves. In fact I wore leather gloves over rubber gloves. These photos were taken after the tops were washed and scrubbed.

Mom and I saw some of those outside a Mexican Grill last night, but I couldn't remember what they were called! And I certainly didn't think about making jelly from them....so cool!

Jan in VA

I never new you could use the fruit. A few years ago it was popular as a "fancy vegetable". I always wanted to try it but never found how to do it. Is there anyone who knows how to prepare the flesh as a vegetable?
peace

I never heard of making jelly from them. What does it taste like?

I'm so curious on how that tastes. I live in Wisconsin so we don't have cactus(unless it's a house plant).

the jelly is a little tart but very sweet with the sugar that is added..

Does the fruit have stickers on it like the leaves of the plant? If so, how do you keep from getting stuck? Just wondering. I have some of this growing in my backyard.