By popular demand here is our recipe for the rhubarb strawberry compote with lavender mentioned in the previous post.
6 stalks rhubarb
1 apple
1 pint strawberries
1/2 cup water or fruit juice (orange or boysenberry)
2tsp honey or sugar (or more to taste)
2 sprigs lavender
1-2Tbsp cognac (optional)
Wash the rhubarb and chop into 1/2 inch pieces.
Wash and hull the strawberries. Cut larger ones in half.
Peel, core and chop the apple.
Place the rhubarb, apple and strawberries in a pot with the water or fruit juice, sugar, cognac and lavender. Simmer gently 20-30 minutes or until fruit is desired consistency.
-We like our rhubarb on the tart side and use water and minimal sugar. You may want to use fruit juice and increase the honey/sugar to produce a less mouth puckering dessert.
Below is a picture of our rhubarb taken last week when we were getting wind, rain, snow and hail. The fuzzy plant is bronze fennel.
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11 comments:
The compote sounds delicious, but I'd have to add a bit more sugar, otherwise it would be a tad too mouth puckering for me :)
Thanks for the recipe!
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That sounds good. I think I will give it a shot
Thanks for the recipe-I'll be watching mine closely.
Now, can you share more about the bronze fennel? I'd love to have a fennel already in production this time of year, but I didn't know there was one like this. Did you start with seeds, a plant? This year or last? How do you like to use it? Thanks!
Finally a rhubarb recipe that I can actually consider trying. Thanks!
Sounds like a perfect recipe to me, O wenches. Now we jjust have to have some rhubarb appear at local markets (I only have the ornamental type) and we'll be in business. Thanks for sharing this.
Sounds great! Now I just need to find some rhubarb to plant in my vegetable garden, I already have the strawberries ;-)
The only place I've had rhubarb and strawberries was at my uncle's place in Nova Scotia. That sounds delicious! I keep meaning to grow some rhubarb.
MMM. That DOES sound delicious! I'll have to remember to try to harvest some rhubarb from my other garden on my next trip back.
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Thanks!
That sounds like a lovely recipe! I also like the pink post... reminds me of rhubarb! Cheers!
This is a lovely recipe wenches, something I must try out as I'm very fond of Rhubarb. I won't be adding more sugar though because, like you, I prefer it to be on the tart side.
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