Grilled Cactus....and some jelly

cowgirl · Oct 11, 2012

I don't think I've posted this here before.
Not sure if there are any Brethren who would be interested in salad and jelly. lol

Sorry for so many pics!!

in my pasture...

prickly pear cactus...

I hold them with pliers and scrape the thorns off with sharp knife...

remove thorns..

corn, cactus, black beans, shrimp, scallions, jalapenos..

brush with oil and onto the grill..

shrimp on grill too..

slice grilled cactus...

make dressing..
1/3 cup red wine vinegar, 2/3 cup oil, minced garlic, 1 TBs dijon mustard , onion powder, salt and pepper to taste

make salad, grilled cactus, corn, scallions, tomatoes, onion, black beans...

Grilled cactus, shrimp and corn salad...

make jelly with cactus fruit..

simmer fruit in small amount of water

strain...

sugar, pectin and lemon juice

cactus jelly..

Just something different...

Thank you for looking!

Teamfour · Oct 11, 2012

Yum!

I use Nopalitos (cactus leaves) in my chili. Love it!

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IamMadMan · Oct 11, 2012

Wow....

For those of us who have never tasted cacti, what does it taste similar to????

The jelly looks really good.

Divemaster · Oct 11, 2012

As I've said before, you suck.

cowgirl · Oct 11, 2012

Thanks Teamfour! They are pretty tasty. :grin:

IamMadMan said:
Wow....

For those of us who have never tasted cacti, what does it taste similar to????

The jelly looks really good.

Thank you! The fresh ones are similar to a green bean. You can get canned or pickled ones in the stores here. I rinse the pickled ones before using to get rid of the brine flavor.
Thanks about the jelly too. I like it on hot biscuits.

cowgirl · Oct 11, 2012

Divemaster said:
As I've said before, you suck.

lol I would worry if you didn't tell me that. :biggrin1: :hug:

gtr · Oct 11, 2012

Simply amazing Jeanie! You are most definitely living right - you'll probably be getting a few more proposals this week. :heh:

I see cactus in the stores around here sometimes - never thought of buying any till now!

Thanks for putting that up! :clap2:

cowgirl · Oct 11, 2012

gtr said:
Simply amazing Jeanie! You are most definitely living right - you'll probably be getting a few more proposals this week. :heh:

I see cactus in the stores around here sometimes - never thought of buying any till now!

Thanks for putting that up! :clap2:

lol Thanks Greg. I'm pretty sure all of the good ones are taken. :wink: :grin:

If you give the cactus a try, please take pics!

chicagokp · Oct 11, 2012

Dang....is there anything you don't do? Looks great!

fingerlickin' · Oct 11, 2012

Very cool Jeanie, I love the look of that pasture, it doesn't look like your animals are going hungry any time soon!

Grabnabber · Oct 11, 2012

Cool post, and salad/jelly looks awesome. Nopales (cacti) are in all the Mexi grocery stores here, I'm gonna try some. Never really knew what to do with those.....

How do you know when they are done? Do they get really soft or...???

Thanks for the idea! :hungry:

bbqbull · Oct 11, 2012

Thanks for the taste report on those cactus. Saw some in our local farm market yesterday but had no clue how to prepare them. Nor did I know what they taste like.
Thank you Jeanie!!!

Ijustwantedtolookatpics · Oct 11, 2012

Now that is cool...Fascinating to a guy that's only seen cactus in a pot on someone's desk.
Thanks for sharing!

tdwester · Oct 11, 2012

Growing he in Phoenix we had prickly pear cacti everywhere. Never had a clue how to make the jelly. I have to give this a try next time i'm down there.

Big George's BBQ · Oct 11, 2012

Your pasture is out of sight. You are the bomb I have never had cactus and cactus jelly but hesard that it is excellent. You just confirmed with your Pics That salad looks wonderful

cowgirl · Oct 11, 2012

Thank you Chicagokp! :grin:

Jason thanks! The pasture pic was from earlier this summer. It's not that green now but better than last year.

Grabnabber said:
Cool post, and salad/jelly looks awesome. Nopales (cacti) are in all the Mexi grocery stores here, I'm gonna try some. Never really knew what to do with those.....

How do you know when they are done? Do they get really soft or...???

Thanks for the idea! :hungry:

Thank you Tom! I just get a good char on them and make sure they are heated through. They do have that "okra" thing going on when sliced but you can rinse them before using if you want.
They are not strong flavored so any kind of sauce or dressing works well with them. (hope that makes sense. lol) Good luck!

bbqbull said:
Thanks for the taste report on those cactus. Saw some in our local farm market yesterday but had no clue how to prepare them. Nor did I know what they taste like.
Thank you Jeanie!!!

Mike thanks! You can hold them over a flame to burn many of the bigger thorns off but scraping really works well. :grin:

Ijustwantedtolookatpics said:
Now that is cool...Fascinating to a guy that's only seen cactus in a pot on someone's desk.
Thanks for sharing!

Thanks Ijustwantedtolookatpics! I hope you get to see some in the wild one day. :grin:

tdwester said:
Growing he in Phoenix we had prickly pear cacti everywhere. Never had a clue how to make the jelly. I have to give this a try next time i'm down there.

Good luck with them tdwester! The fruit is ripe in my area in September.

Big George's BBQ said:
Your pasture is out of sight. You are the bomb I have never had cactus and cactus jelly but hesard that it is excellent. You just confirmed with your Pics That salad looks wonderful

Thank you George! :grin:

Teamfour · Oct 11, 2012

Do you have a recipe for peyote button jelly?

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cowgirl · Oct 11, 2012

Teamfour said:
Do you have a recipe for peyote button jelly?

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lol Can't remember where I put that one. :mrgreen:

tortaboy · Oct 12, 2012

Wow. Is there anything you can't cook? (Jealous Mod)

Skidder · Oct 12, 2012

Jeanie send me that jelly. Haha just kidding looks fantastic though. Not much for salad either but that sure would good with some protein

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