Golden Prickly Pear Jam
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When I was a kid, schoolbags were for carrying, not pushing. When I was a kid, slingshots were for shooting birds, not for display. When I was a kid, wild fruits were for eating, not for admiring... When I was a kid, everything was out of reach. When we recall our lost childhood, we are also commemorating the beauty of the past. [Welcome to exchange food, please search the WeChat official account: Shiqu Caicaiwu or directly add EJM2467] A cup of golden prickly pear sauce brings back distant memories. Every autumn when I was a child, I would go to the mountains with a group of friends carrying baskets to pick wild fruits: chestnuts, hazelnuts, walnuts, and prickly pears. The equipment at that time was very simple. A pair of gloves, a bamboo pole, a basket, and a sickle were all they had. When the sun goes down, in addition to the fatigue all over the body, there are also the fruits of victory. After growing up, I stayed away from the countryside and began to adapt to city life. But for a country boy who was born and raised in the country, he always prefers the smell of earth to the smell of reinforced concrete, and prefers the down-to-earth smell of fireworks to dazzling neon lights. Every late autumn, the mountains will use their own unique way to reward the children of the land with various delicacies. Prickly pear is a wild fruit that we often ate when we were children, but now many urban children don’t know what it is, let alone how to eat it. Recently, I finally got some wild golden prickly pears, so I naturally wanted to try my best to capture the deliciousness of prickly pears. I spent an entire afternoon making this prickly pear sauce. Prickly pear is only available in autumn and is a very seasonal food
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Steps
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Prepare the raw materials in advance: Prickly pears are full of thorns. When making preparations, you must wear gloves and take safety measures to avoid pricking your hands
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Use a knife to remove the head and tail of the prickly pear without peeling it: Wild prickly pear does not contain any pesticides or chemical fertilizers, so there is no need to peel it. The skin of prickly pear is rich in nutrients and it is a pity to peel it
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Wash the prickly pear with the head and tail removed with clean water
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Then cut into small pieces
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Put it into a crusher and crush it: Children who don’t have a crusher can use a food processor to crush it. Because the prickly pear itself has less water, you can add a little less water when crushing it
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Put the crushed prickly pear juice into the pot, pour in the rock sugar, and stir while heating over low heat
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Fry slowly over low heat. When the water is almost dry, squeeze in a few drops of lemon juice and stir-fry evenly to collect the juice. Naodao: Prickly pear jam is different from the apple jam and strawberry jam we usually make. Because there is no pectin, it is not in a sticky state (don’t doubt yourself)
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The prepared prickly pear jam is sweet and sour, appetizing, and slightly astringent. This is the most natural and pure taste of the mountains
