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Prickly Pear Punch

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Ingredients 6 ingredients

  1. 3 cups rum -- (750 mL)
  2. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract -- (5 mL) red food coloring
  3. 1 cup water -- (250 mL)
  4. Fig
  5. 1 cup sugar -- (250 mL)
  6. 6 prickly pears

Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Prickly pear Source of vitamin C · Source of magnesium

    Source of vitamin C · 14 mg per 100 g, 18% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of blood vessels.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of bones.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of cartilage.
    11 more authorised claims
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of gums.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of teeth.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal psychological function.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the regeneration of the reduced form of vitamin E.
    • Vitamin C increases iron absorption.

    Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble nutrient found in some foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. NIH fact sheet

    Source of magnesium · 85 mg per 100 g, 23% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Magnesium contributes to a reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
    • Magnesium contributes to electrolyte balance.
    • Magnesium contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    7 more authorised claims
    • Magnesium contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Magnesium contributes to normal muscle function.
    • Magnesium contributes to normal protein synthesis.
    • Magnesium contributes to normal psychological function.
    • Magnesium contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.
    • Magnesium contributes to the maintenance of normal teeth.
    • Magnesium has a role in the process of cell division.

    Magnesium is a nutrient that the body needs to stay healthy. Magnesium is important for many processes in the body, including regulating muscle and nerve function, blood sugar levels, and blood pressure and making protein, bone, and DNA. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Prickly pears, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. The prickly pear is also known as the cactus pear, Indian fig and Barbary fig.
  2. Prickly pears have sharp spines that should be removed by singing. Then pare, quarter and core pears. Remove seeds and reserve.
  3. Add fruit, seeds and sugar to water and simmer until a thick syrup forms. Remove from heat and strain through a double thickness of cheesecloth to make certain no seeds find their way into the punch.
  4. Add rum, vanilla extract and enough food coloring for desired effect.
  5. Chill until ready to serve.
  6. Yields about 1 quart.
  7. From Ma Chances's French Caribbean Creole Cooking by Jeanne Louise Duzant Chance; G. P. Putnam's Sons; 1985; ISBN 0-399-13035-7.
  8. MC format by Hallie. Untried.
  9. Contributed to the FareShare Gazette by Hallie; 15 October, 2001. www.fareshare.net

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
  • Sieve
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Credit

Recipe By: Ma Chance's French Caribbean Creole Cooking. Saved from www.fareshare.net (http://www.fareshare.net/recipesV4-10P.html), file Recipes/www.fareshare.net/recipesV4-10P.html in the Internet Archive item cooking-recipes (https://archive.org/details/cooking-recipes).

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