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Glossary

Prickly Pears

Unlike the common pest varieties of prickly pear cactus, opuntia ficus-indica is a South American cactus with highly edible fruit. It grows prolifically in Mediterranean countries like southern Italy (particularly Sicily) where it is popular as a seasonal fruit.

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Dried Prawns

Known as camarao seco in Brazilian cooking. Tinely blended to a powder or soaked and ground, these tiny sun-dried prawns add a great depth of flavour to Bahian dishes such as xinxim de galinha.