Quick rhubarb questions

Chris25

I do mine in the microwave too & sometimes rather than water I use lemonade or ginger beer. Must try it 'oldtractor' style with the strawberry jelly!
But if I'm making a crumble I don't precook it & rather than custard or ice-cream, I think the best thing to go with it is Greek yoghurt - sublime!

Gigervamp

You can cook it in orange juice too.

Also, it doesn't need to be eaten as a desert, it goes very well with oily fish like mackerel. Here's a Nigel Slater recipe for mackerel and roasted rhubarb.

System

hilstep2000 wrote: »

I do mine in the microwave with a splash of water and sugar. Takes a few minutes, and it's stewed really well.

Yes, i do too.

Justamum

Horseunderwater wrote: »

Rhubarb is a vegetable - not fruit. Hence why sugar is needed to make it more pleasant.

I thought the sugar was to stop your cheeks meeting in the middle when you eat it, not because it's a vegetable

Sunnyday

Justamum wrote: »

I thought the sugar was to stop your cheeks meeting in the middle when you eat it, not because it's a vegetable

:rotfl: Yes it is a bit tart, i haven't sweetened it yet, its in the pan which is in the fridge. I think that i will tip it into a container and freeze it until i've decided properly what i shall do with it.

Methinx even though i've already cooked it it should still make good jam once i've got some ginger and either jam sugar or pectin *drools*

Thanks peeps x

SD

joedenise

You won't need jam sugar or pectin to make rhubarb and ginger jam: the rhubarb has plenty of pectin in it already. Just use ordinary cheap granulated sugar.

Denise

marmiterulesok

You should try adding some ground cloves to the compote or when making jam.They really compliment each other.

duchy

This thread takes me back to my childhood. My parents weren't gardeners by any means but we had rhubarb at the bottom of the garden and I was often sent out to pick it -the more you picked it the more it grew.

Take_it_like_a_man,_sonny

Get knife out, cut fresh lump off, dip in a bowl of sugar.

Enjoy

Gigervamp

Take_it_like_a_man,_sonny wrote: »

Get knife out, cut fresh lump off, dip in a bowl of sugar.

Enjoy

My mum said she used to eat it like that when she was a kid. It's a bit like a sherbet dip-dab.