Rhubarb glut…

[ChevronB19]

Any tips?

I’m going to do this (rhubarb and date chutney) https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/rhubarb-date-c...

But I’ve got about 4kg, and as much as I like chutney I’ve only got so much cheese…

How long does it stay ‘fresh’ after being cut?

[randlemarcus]

Not long, but a nice big pot, sterilised jamjars,and you have a couple of years supply.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/rhubarb-cordia...
Is lovely, but doesn't last long.

[Evoluzione]

Make wine.
Make apple and rhubarb cider.

[dontlookdown]

Salmon with rhubarb sauce. Much better than it sounds!

[ChevronB19]

randlemarcus said:

Not long, but a nice big pot, sterilised jamjars,and you have a couple of years supply.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/rhubarb-cordia...
Is lovely, but doesn't last long.

Ooh, that looks good! My late mum used to make the most wonderful crumble (this rhubarb is from her garden) but I daren’t try it as I know it wouldn’t even approach hers.

Thanks for the tip.

[Murph7355]

Rhubarb jam's lovely.

And my OH uses a lot of ours to make rhubarb gin...think I've posted on here before about what she does (steeped rhubarb into jars with cheap gin and leave it for a while. Then sieve and bottle). It's bloody lovely - pint glass with ice in. Half fill with the rhubarb gin, top up with Crabbies alcoholic ginger beer, then top up with ginger beer as you go.

Lovely summer drink, but be careful as you can drink a surprising amount of it

We also freeze a fair bit of stewed rhubarb - crumbles later in the year, rhubarb fools etc.

[rdjohn]

I am very envious of your rhubarb glut. I live in France and after a dry winter we are in drought conditions, so our rhubarb is doing nothing.

But when it performs my wife make loads of rhubarb jam. It is stuffed solid with fruit so nothing like stuff you can buy. Rhubarb crumble, Clafoutis, meringues, or just plain stewed.

I believe that if rhubarb was only found at the top of the Himalayas, then it would be recognised as one of the worlds greatest delicacies.

[Bill]

Murph7355 said:

And my OH uses a lot of ours to make rhubarb gin...think I've posted on here before about what she does (steeped rhubarb into jars with cheap gin and leave it for a while. Then sieve and bottle). It's bloody lovely - pint glass with ice in. Half fill with the rhubarb gin, top up with Crabbies alcoholic ginger beer, then top up with ginger beer as you go.

Lovely summer drink, but be careful as you can drink a surprising amount of it

+1 Although I use vodka. Makes a disturbingly good Martini with a slice of stem ginger and a little of the syrup.

[RC1807]

LOVE RHUBARB!

If you're not ready to use it all now, you can wash it, cut it into chunks, and freeze it.

We only had about 600g from our single plant a couple of weeks ago, which made an amazing, heavily loaded, rhubarb and custard tart.

[85Carrera]

Rhubarb gin. Have made three bottles of this so far. Last bottle I substituted ginger for the vanilla pod.

https://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/rhubar...

[LeadFarmer]

I always have too much rhubarb. I simmer it with sugar and portion and freeze, but that’s a sure way of consuming far too much sugar all year. I do like to mix it with custard and eat it cold.

[Short Grain]

Crumble, always, with home made custard! My mum made the best crumble of course. Shame she's in a care home now. Her crumble was always fantastic, apple, gooseberry, but the rhubarb crumble, God I can almost taste it now!

[hungry_hog]

dontlookdown said:

Salmon with rhubarb sauce. Much better than it sounds!

Very good idea

Always good to have something tart / sharp with an oily fish. No different to having lemon with fish.