Prickly Pear & Grape Preserve
Serves 18 30 min prep 40 min cook
A real padstal-style curiosity combining juicy prickly pears with grapes in a jewel-coloured preserve.
Ingredients
- 750 g peeled prickly pears, chopped
- 250 g seedless grapes
- 750 g white sugar
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
Method
- Handle and peel prickly pears carefully, ensuring all fine spines are removed.
- Combine the fruit in a heavy saucepan.
- Cook gently until the juices begin to run.
- Add the sugar and stir until dissolved.
- Boil until the preserve thickens.
- Add lemon juice near the end of cooking.
- Test for setting point.
- Bottle hot.