Rhubarb
I turned my back on the rhubarb plants for a couple of days and they’ve gone completely nuts! I’ve pulled off 6 kilos of the stuff just to try and keep abreast of the issue, but I can already see new shoots growing in front of my very eyes. For future use I really want to pick it when it’s smaller than this to get a better flavour .
What I want to know is if anyone has a good rhubarb recipe of the more unusual type - chutneys etc. I’ll be making the usual puddings but would like do try some more long-term bulk-processing recipes. Anything that I can make and put in jars is a winner in my book. Anyone have any ideas? Does rhubarb chutney work?…
Hamster said,
May 2, 2008 @ 11:39 am
Make rhubarb schnapps! 1l vodka, 600g rhubab, 300g sugar, leave in a big container for about six weeks, shaking every day. Delicious!
Stonehead said,
May 4, 2008 @ 8:40 am
There are a few recipes and ideas on my blog:
Rhubarb and ginger jam
http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/rhubarb-rhubarb-rhubarb/
Rhubarb and raspberry jam
http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/and-now-rhubarb-and-raspberry-jam/
We do make rhubarb chutney, and very good it is too, but I don’t seem to have put the recipe on my blog. If I get time, I’ll write it up and post the link for you.
jenny said,
May 5, 2008 @ 7:49 pm
I’ve made a lovely rhubarb-strawberry jam, though I can’t find the recipe at the moment.. you can use a regular strawberry jam recipe and then substitute a couple cups with rhubarb for the strawberries. I do have two rhubarb recipes posted on my blog that are absolutely yummy and as a matter of fact, I just made the dream bars last night. Already 1/3 gone!
http://mountainmama-jenny.blogspot.com/2007/05/rhubarb-mania.html
Let me knoww if you try them and like them!
vegetablej said,
May 13, 2008 @ 11:25 pm
Lucky you. Mine are only up a few inches but I’m waiting hungrily.
Not unusual, but rhubarb pie or rhubarb-strawberry pies or crisps are some of the tastiest ways to eat it. You can freeze the pies successfully.
Plain old stewed rhubarb (with sugar to taste) can be canned and used at leisure. How about stirring it into muffins like applesauce? Or swirled into yoghurt or as a topping for ice cream.
Rebecca said,
May 14, 2008 @ 8:59 am
Hi, have you tried this recipe? Boil up water and sugar as in a recipe for making toffee apples. Have your rhubarb already chopped into inch pieces. Just as the syrup begins to caramelise add the juice of a couple of lemons which prevents the liquid solidifying. Stir in the pieces of rhubarb and stir on the heat until softened. Delicious, serve warm with ice cream.
I’ve just grown 4 rhubarb plants from seed, so fingers crossed they grow.
(Very) Lost in France said,
May 14, 2008 @ 8:46 pm
Rhubarb looks fantastic. It’s about the only thing I manage to grow in our garden and not kill. I’m very jealous of your fabulous vegetable garden. Last year despite our best efforts - which weren’t really that good - we managed 2 aubergines and 1 pepper. Do you think we might be self sufficient this year? :))
Scarlet said,
May 15, 2008 @ 5:01 pm
Don’t be jealous, last year it produced about 2 potatoes and a few broad beans (plus the rhubarb, of course!). Everyone else had the same results, half-way through the summer the entire population of Le Perche downed tools and left the veg plot to rot away! We’re all hoping for better luck this time…
Susan in PDX said,
May 26, 2008 @ 4:52 pm
Check out http://www.kitchenparade.com - she has a bunch of fun rhubarb recipes, including Rhubarb Rosemary Jelly and Rhubarb Ginger Jam. Here’s a link to her Strawberry Rhubarb cobbler - http://www.kitchenparade.com/2008/05/strawberry-rhubarb-cobbler.php I made it last night and it was wondreful.
ian fearnley said,
June 28, 2008 @ 6:18 pm
Hi Hope life is good. I am doing things simular to yourselves in Anglesey north wales. (hens etc) Just a quick comment on rubarb. Don’t waste the leaves (as if you would) Instead of composting them if you boil them up then drain the water off (now compost them) The water makes a great green fly killer spray (natral ofcorse). You dilute it by about 50/50 & spray or fine rose watering can. (collected rainwater i hope). It may also work on other pests so try it on white fly or whatever else plagues you in sunny france.