Canchánchara with Prickly Pear

This recipe can be found at El Restaurante

Recipe and photo from Spice Kitchen: Healthy Latin and Caribbean Cuisine by Chef Ariel Fox

Makes 1 cocktail


2 oz. white rum

1 oz. freshly squeezed lime juice

½ oz. fresh prickly pear, peeled and chopped

½ oz. honey syrup (equal parts honey and purified water)

Club soda

Lime wheel, for garnish


Add rum, lime juice, prickly pear, and honey syrup to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well until chilled, about 15 seconds. Strain into a stemless wineglass filled with fresh ice. Top with club soda, and garnish with a floating lime wheel.