Rhubarb Junkies

Published on Thursday, May 28, 2009, by Joyce Slaton / Edit Post

Similar to peaches, rhubarb has a striking, unmatched flavor and an achingly short season. So in springtime when it’s ripe, those who love it gorge on it. As well as old standbys like strawberry-rhubarb pie and rhubarb crisp, hounds find ways to use rhubarb in ways both savory and sweet.

Rhubarb is of course a classic dessert ingredient. Candy is crazy for millefoglie with grappa cream and rhubarb, an Italian version of the classic French pastry mille-feuille. Other hounds make upside-down cakes with rhubarb instead of pineapple, or rhubarb custard pies without a strawberry in sight.

On the savory side, todao uses rhubarb in a rhubarb-garlic quick bread that is reportedly “heavenly” toasted for sandwiches, and kaaris loves this stuffed butternut squash, with rhubarb and Italian sausage.

Rhubarb makes wonderful drinks too: “Rhubarb syrup + Pellegrino = a refreshing soda not unlike a natural, homemade Ting!” says kattyeyes. Here’s a rhubarb syrup recipe that includes rosewater, a common rhubarb pairing in some parts of the world, or berbadeerface just makes it with a quart of water and a cup of sugar for each pound of rhubarb. Bring to a boil, simmer for an hour, strain, chill, and mix with vodka.

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  • one of my favorite rhubarb recipes is for the luscious drink, the rhubarbarita! very similar to the margarita. i make rhubarb juice, using simple syrup (equal parts sugar and water) and gently cook the cleaned and cut rhubarb in the syrup. it cooks apart very quickly and easily. then strain the rhubarb and all the liquid; you will end up with a lovely pink liquid; rhubarb juice/syrup. this gets...+READ

    one of my favorite rhubarb recipes is for the luscious drink, the rhubarbarita! very similar to the margarita. i make rhubarb juice, using simple syrup (equal parts sugar and water) and gently cook the cleaned and cut rhubarb in the syrup. it cooks apart very quickly and easily. then strain the rhubarb and all the liquid; you will end up with a lovely pink liquid; rhubarb juice/syrup. this gets mixed with tequila (i like patron silver) and a little fresh lime juice and some cut lime. very refreshing and fun to say as well! rhubarb-a-rita!!-COLLAPSE