Dessert rhubarb

[Baron_Greenback]

@RobDog

Anyone here tried rhubarb gin?

I’m halfway through my first bottle and it’s very, very good. Sweet, like a sloe gin, but still good with tonic.

I hadn’t even considered rhubarb gin before, but yeah, that sounds like it will really work. Same process as homemade sloe gin, I guess?

[RobDog]

@Baron_Greenback

I hadn’t even considered rhubarb gin before, but yeah, that sounds like it will really work. Same process as homemade sloe gin, I guess?

Absolutely. Just gin, fruit, sugar. Plenty of recipes on t’Internet. I used the one from the BBC Good Food web site. I was inspired to make it after drinking a bottle of rhubarb and ginger liqueur from the Spencerfield Spirit Co of Edinburgh.

[Qadgop_the_Mercotan]

Not quite as “desserty” as the others, but this salsa with rhubarb, mangos, peppers and honey is pretty good, especially on seafood!

MANGO-RHUBARB SALSA
From Rhubarb Renaissance by Kim Ode

1 firm ripe mango, peeled and cut in 1/4-inch cubes
3/4 cup fresh rhubarb, cut in 1/4-inch cubes
3/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves
2 Tablespoons finely chopped red pepper
2 Tablespoons finely chopped red onion
1 medium jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon honey

Toss together, then set aside so flavors can meld. Refrigerate what you don’t use.
Great on fish!

[epolo]

@Qadgop_the_Mercotan

Five Iron Frenzy – Rhubarb Pie

Rhubarb pie in the summer
Rhubarb pie made by my mother
Nothing better in the winter
Than rhubarb pie after dinnner

Sadly, I think I’m mildly allergic to rhubarb and so don’t eat it. I still like to say it though.
Rhubarb
Rhubarb
Rhubarb
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[Plumpudding]

@Qadgop_the_Mercotan

[snip]
And how do you like your rhubarb desserts?

Rhubarb.

[kayaker]

@Qadgop_the_Mercotan

Not quite as “desserty” as the others, but this salsa with rhubarb, mangos, peppers and honey is pretty good, especially on seafood!

MANGO-RHUBARB SALSA
From Rhubarb Renaissance by Kim Ode

1 firm ripe mango, peeled and cut in 1/4-inch cubes
3/4 cup fresh rhubarb, cut in 1/4-inch cubes
3/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves
2 Tablespoons finely chopped red pepper
2 Tablespoons finely chopped red onion
1 medium jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon honey

Toss together, then set aside so flavors can meld. Refrigerate what you don’t use.
Great on fish!

I’m going to make this, but when I copy it into my recipe book I’m changing “finely chopped” to “diced”.

/pet peeve

[Chronos]

I think the closest flavor comparison to rhubarb is sour green apples (though of course, as with any flavor comparison, that’s only an approximation).

And last year, my mom went on a trip to Mongolia. The highlight of her trip was when she found rhubarb growing wild on the steppes, and was able to make rhubarb jam for her entire tour group. Yes, this is the kind of thing my mom does on her vacations.