{"id":2675,"slug":"prickly-pear-soda","title":"Prickly Pear Soda","description":"This prickly pear soda is popular in Mexico and the Southwestern United States.","ingredients_raw":["3 prickly pears","1 cup (240 ml) water","½ cup (120 ml) agave nectar","Carbonated water as needed (see note)"],"ingredients_norm":["prickly pear","water","agave nectar","carbonated water"],"steps":["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."],"categories":["Beverages","Recipes for soda pop","Recipes using prickly pear","Recipes using agave","Recipes using carbonated water"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":40,"servings":"3","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Prickly_Pear_Soda","source_ref":"4598660","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Prickly_Pear_Soda&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"faf9334cb5e5008014a487e5fd646926b0f39020b785059b4d224a52daf09b56","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:16Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:16Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/prickly-pear-soda"}