Fruit
Skin
Skin or peel of prickly pear may be eaten for colour and fibre or removed for bitterness and toughness. Scrub if keeping; peel thinly if not. Young thin skins often stay; tough or waxed peels come off. Rest after high heat so juices redistribute before carving or plating.
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Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 0.86 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.1 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 4.79 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
- Total Carbohydrate 12.4 g
- Dietary Fibre 2.07 g
- Total Sugars 9.83 g
- Complex / starch 0.97 g
- Protein 0.54 g
- Water 81.3 g
- Energy 59.3 kcal
- Water 81.3 g
- Carbohydrates 12.4 g
- Protein 0.54 g
- Fat 0.86 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.1 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1 g
- Omega-3 0.01 g
- Vitamins 41 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.03 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.05 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 0.45 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.22 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.09 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 1.1 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 16.4 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 0.32 mg
- Vitamin K 5.3 µg
- Minerals 342 mg
- Major Minerals 341 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.03 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.05 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 0.45 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.22 · vitamin-b6: 0.09 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 1.1 · vitamin-b9-folate: 16.4 · vitamin-e: 0.32 · vitamin-k: 5.3 ·
Minerals
Skin carries subcutaneous fat and collagen; crisping concentrates calories.
History
Cooks bought prepped forms of prickly pear for speed while markets still sold whole produce, including named skin portions.
Market gardeners and growers selected prickly pear for flavour, yield and keeping quality, including named skin portions.
Cooks bought prepped forms of prickly pear for speed while markets still sold whole produce, including named skin portions.