Prickly Pear Soda
This prickly pear soda is popular in Mexico and the Southwestern United States.
Source and licence
"Prickly Pear Soda" from the Wikibooks Cookbook (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Prickly_Pear_Soda, revision 4598660), by its contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Prickly_Pear_Soda&action=history), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
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Ingredients
- 3 prickly pears
- 1 cup (240 ml) water
- ½ cup (120 ml) agave nectar
- Carbonated water as needed (see note)
Method
- Remove the peel from the prickly pears, cut them into small pieces about 0.5 x 0.5 in (1.25 x 1.25 cm), and remove the seeds.
- Combine the fruit flesh, water, and agave nectar in a saucepan.
- Boil the mixture until it becomes very thick, then strain it to get approximately 5 oz (120 ml) of syrup.
- Make the finished soda by combining 1 volume of syrup with 5 volumes of carbonated water.