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The prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) is a plant with a thousand uses. Let's find out how we can use this plant in the kitchen, both the fruits, the peels, and the leaves to obtain delicious dishes, jams, mustard, liqueurs, juices etc... Previous video on the prickly pear at the following link: • Here's why the prickly pear in the future... In this video: 0:01 Introduction 1:07 Clarifications on the prickly pear 2:20 Use of prickly pear peels 4:39 What can be obtained from the prickly pear 7:38 How the prickly pear peel is used in Cropalati in Calabria 10:25 How the plant was used in the countryside in the past 10:42 Baked prickly pears 12:02 A simple but tasty dish with prickly pear peels 12:50 Liqueur made with prickly pear - Indianello Caffo 15:22 Prickly pear juice, chilli jams, prickly pear sauces. Flours obtained from waste. Young Sicilian entrepreneurs 17:07 The use of the prickly pear leaves (Cladodi) 18:00 Prickly pear mustard 18:46 The decoction with prickly pear flowers 19:22 Another recipe with prickly pear peels served on the plant's peel 20:00 Granitas, ice creams, yogurt, natural preservative, flours 21:52 Use of flours obtained from prickly pears 25:18 How to obtain an alcoholic drink (Sardinia) 26:33 Nanassino - traditional prickly pear liqueur (Furore - Amalfi Coast) 28:24 Conclusions