INGREDIENTS
This is what you need for 6 cups:
- 3 lb. rhubarb, trimmed and cut into 1/2" pieces (about 7 c.)
- 4 cups sugar
Optional:
- salt
2013-2015
If you can find a rhubarb plant a spot they like, these are easy and quick growers. I had a few plants from 2013 through 2015 when the tornado razed my entire vegetable garden. They did quite well and were not nearly as sour as the rhubarb I bought in the store in 2020.
2013
2014-2015
2013-08-15
2013
This is what you need for 6 cups:
Optional:
Optional:
various dates
Rhubarb compote is easy to prepare and goes a lot quicker than the confiture.
Peel the outside layer only if it is extremely sour to avoid wasting too much. Sugar or other sweetener will be needed to make it more pleasant. Cook until liquid for compote.
This is what you need for 3 quarts:
2013-09-28
2015-05-04
2020-03-18
I served this over the following weeks with a variety of meals. At first I had to almost force myself to eat this, so sour that it was, but that improved gradually until I even started looking forward to it.
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