![]() We've settled in Austin Texas for a few months to be near our niece Caroline and her adorable family. Everywhere you go in Austin, you see "nopales" - prickly pear cactus plants - used as landscaping just as you might see azalea bushes in New England. We came upon a large grocery store called "Fiesta" that features beautiful Mexican produce and exotic spices. Next to the bakery was a station where a woman spent much of the day cleaning the thorns off of cactus paddles that were then sold either whole or cut into pieces - and they sold a lot of them! Determined to try them out, Richard adapted this recipe from one of his favorite TV Chefs - Pati Jinich. Caroline and her all-vegetarian family loved it!! Ingredients
Process[I purchased cleaned and diced "nopales" from Fiesta! But if you don't have that luxury...]
To clean fresh cactus paddles:
To cook the cactus:
To make tostadas there a couple options:
To assemble the tostadas:
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Diane Modic
12/8/2020 09:34:34 am
Hi Chef Ricardo ..what do these prickly fruit taste like ? For sale all over east boston !
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