How to make Prickly Pear Jelly

Prickly Pear Jelly

[toddrhein]

Once of the most direct and clear prickly pear jelly instruction videos I have found. Thank you.

[MrBillinoregon]

Great video, young lady. The pears are simply tumbling off the cacti here in the desert around Alamogordo right now. I about fell off my chair when you said you were in Buffalo Gap. My great grandfather was the schoolteacher there, and the first postmaster, late 1870s. He married my great grandmother in Buffalo Gap in 1880.

[kendallcorman]

Thanks so much for the recipe! I’m from SE New Mexico and we had a bunch of prickly pears growing behind our house! My husband picked a bunch and I just made 20 jars of jelly following your recipe! Thanks for such an easy and thorough explanation of your recipe! ☺️ it came out perfect!

[abelromero]

I make jelly every year and I always go back to yr channel to recap. Thank you.

[peteburns]

Thank you for posting this video. My family and I live in San Antonio and we harvested some prickly pear yesterday on a hike. My wife and I followed all the steps except we added 3 jalapenos to the mix. It turned out amazing with a little kick to it. We are excited to drop some jars off to friends and neighbors to cheer them up during this Covid 19 qurantine. Also if y'all are ever in San Antonio and need to see a chiropractor, I am the owner of Functional Aim Chiropractic and would love to give y'all a free adjustment for posting this great instructional video.

[karenbowen]

Be sure to wipe the rims of the jars w/ a cloth dipped in boiling water to remove any fruit on the rims before putting on the lids so the seal is good on the jars. Enjoyed your video!

[cynthiamulvaneyfineart]

Your recipe helped me SO much the first time I tried making prickly pear jam!! I had NO IDEA what to do and, following your amazing directions, we made delicious jam (and it came out so well, we were so proud, we even gave some as gifts!) Thank you!! UPDATE: This year, we've discovered LIQUID PECTIN which has made the process so much easier even, no clumps!!! Thanks again!

[josephineshort]

I JUST LOVE YOUR PRESENTATION ….So easy !! Thank you!!

[texasjranch]

Awesome! I miss that area. I was stationed at Dyess for 11 years. Thanks for the video. Cant wait to try this out.

[garwoodgerdes]

Freezing the tuna first will render more juice from less tuna. Can't wait to make me some of this jelly, I usually just make tuna punch!

[johngibbs]

Thank you so much. So far yours is the only one that makes sense. I appreciate the step by step details without being inundated with someones self absorbed need to give their worthless credentials.

[albertcanon]

Thank you I’ve often wondered what the process was. Very detailed and helpful.

[adrianburrell]

I helped my Granny make this for years as Holiday gifts. Those ity-bity needles will dissolve on their own in the boiling process, there is no need to singe them. If doing that and you're not careful, your jelly can taste burnt. Granny's neighbor did that every year.
When you were trimming the ends off the tuna, you trimmed off way too much. You could have increased your yield quite a bit. We never cut them up that way, but I can see the advantage, but I would only cut them in half lengthwise, why waste the juice on the cutting board? We also made it batches three times this size because her kitchen was set up for it. Sorry I didn't mean to criticize as much as add a few .moments of what I learned from Granny's, who learned from the Indians with whom she traded.
Also, always put on an apron when doing this process, your wardrobe will love you.

[cherylcarry]

I do the stove top cooking like you for our sand plums...but instead of mashing...I beat with a handmixer. Then I use the cheesecloth stands and strain my fruit juice. The handmixer works great...give it a try!!

[taiwolfe]

Thank you for the video... bf has lived around prickly pear fruit all his life and never knew the fruit was edible til our nature walk and my hippie curiosity lol I'll be surprising him with some jelly. So thank you ❤ for the video

[susanjeffay]

Good video! I always added sugar first and it sometimes didn't gel so I will do it this way from now on! 2024 Update: I finally bought a torch and wow! what a savings of time. (I'd been dreading getting the fruit ready as I had been using s candle and doing each pear.) So appreciate your method!

[jeffmcintosh]

Amy and Jeff tried your prickly pear recipe today and we think it was a success! Thank you!

[m.steger]

I made this verbatim ingredient wise and it was PERFECT. I use a small grilling basket over my gas stove to remove the prickle and to roast the jalapenos. Your video is great and explains everything precisely, which is what I needed. Thank you.

[traviscaraway]

Loved the recipe. Perfect amount of tartness to me. My wife has been mading jelly with her mother for years, but this time it was all me. Saw some beautiful prickly pears on the side of the road and decided that I needed some pear jelly. Best pear jelly video I found! Thanks for sharing.

[mulatahiluf]

what you do so great ! Just keep advancing in that area of recipe, I will be following you! One thing I want to comment on is there are many different type of p.pears here in Ethiopia, very resourceful specially in the norther part of the country but we barely use it for such kind of jelly juice or optional food staff that almost always makes me regret :D