Discover new Fruits and Vegetables: Cactus Pear or Prickly pear

One fun part in the fruits and vegetable lifestyle is to discover new fruits and vegetables!
Not long ago I discover the Cactus pear, also called the prickly pear.
Here what I've learned about it:

Prickly pear is one of the fruit that content the higher amount of vitamin C, it's rich in Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium and rich in fiber.

There is different kind of prickly pear, some are orange and the one that we find in North america are usually deep red (like a beet!).
They are cover with tiny spines and it's highly recommended to handle them with gloves.
If you found them in a supermarket, the spines are usually burned over but be careful, one could have escape this treatment!
What you want to do is to wash them and brush them with a knife:

To open them:

 Cut both ends

 Slice along the prickly pear

 Push inside,maintain the border...

 and unroll the inside fruit!

 It might have his name because the inside fruits looks like a pear!

 When you cut it in half you will feel that there is hard seeds inside

 The seeds are edible but very hard

 You can see the little seeds here.

You can eat it like that (it's not very sugary, more like a unripe watermelon for me!)

so I prefer to juice it to get all the nutrients, vitamins and minerals and to avoid the seeds!

 in this juice, I added, an apple, a pear, some red kale, celery and lemon

and this was my lunch!

Hope you enjoyed!