The Prickly Pear Cookbook

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About The Prickly Pear Cookbook

Product Description Those bristly cactus spines are guarding something really good to eat.Like chocolate, corn, tomatoes, potatoes, and chile, prickly pear cacti are one of the true treasures of the Americas. As a food, prickly pear is delicious, nutritious, and increasingly believed to be medicinal. Native Americans have enjoyed it for thousands of years, but transplants now flourish worldwide, particularly around the Mediterranean. But how do you transform a live pincushion into a delicious smoothie, cool salad, or a pie as pink and airy as the desert dawn? In her unique, beautiful cookbook Carolyn Niethammer has collected 56 enticing international recipes for the succulent fruit and tender green pads (or "nopalitos") of the prickly pear. A wild-food expert and master cook, she guides readers all the way from cactus patch to casserole, from easy spine removal techniques to Prickly Pear Barbecue Shrimp with Roasted Corn and Black Bean Relish. Other highlights of this marvelous collection are such simple yet sensational delights as Easy Nopalito Salsa, Sabra Souffle, Chicken Yucatan, Prickly Pear Gelato, Prickly Pear Kuchen, and Prickly Pear Wine. 24 full-color photographs Review Just the book you need to teach you everything you need to know about this mysterious plant. -- Joint Forces Journal, Jan Miller The fruit that grows on the prickly pear cactus …are rough rubies and pale emeralds in a crown of thorns. -- The Press-Enterprise, Mark Petix This lovely well-designed little book demonstrates the plant's astonishing range in recipes. -- Desert Magazine, Maryanne Pinkston About the Author Carolyn Niethammer is a wild-food expert, a master cook, and the award-winning author of several books, including The New Southwest Cookbook, American Indian Cooking and The Prickly Pear Cookbook. She lives in Tucson, Arizona.