It's time for all things rhubarb. My first foray into cooking it this season is in the form of rhubarb sauce. It's delicious, tart and sweet and a perfect topping for just about anything. Oh yea, and it's really easy to make... in it's most basic form it's simply chopped and simmered rhubarb mixed with sugar. I attempted to omit the sugar and use honey instead, it was good but not quite sweet enough so I just added a couple tablespoons of sugar to get it to just the right state, not too sweet but juuust right. Once again, I just threw everything together so I'll try to get the meausurements right here, but just add, taste, add, taste..!
Simple Rhubarb Sauce:
~1 lb rhubarb
-1/4+ cup honey
-2 Tbsp sugar
Chop rhubarb up and put in pan with a few Tbsp of water. Heat over medium heat until it becomes nice and mushy (~20 mins), stir occasionally. Add honey and sugar to taste. Remove from heat and jar. Keep one jar in refrigerator and freeze or can the rest.
I grabbed some free old pears from the co-op today so I also made some pear sauce at the same time. We actually can grow pears here in Zone 4, ready for harvest in the fall. They're smaller, harder, and very sweet and tasty.
Pear Sauce:
Chop up pears and place in pot with a couple of tablespoons of water. Heat over medium heat until soft (~20 mins), stir occasionally. Mash with a potato masher. Put in jar and refrigerate.
Simple Rhubarb Sauce:
~1 lb rhubarb
-1/4+ cup honey
-2 Tbsp sugar
Chop rhubarb up and put in pan with a few Tbsp of water. Heat over medium heat until it becomes nice and mushy (~20 mins), stir occasionally. Add honey and sugar to taste. Remove from heat and jar. Keep one jar in refrigerator and freeze or can the rest.
I grabbed some free old pears from the co-op today so I also made some pear sauce at the same time. We actually can grow pears here in Zone 4, ready for harvest in the fall. They're smaller, harder, and very sweet and tasty.
Pear Sauce:
Chop up pears and place in pot with a couple of tablespoons of water. Heat over medium heat until soft (~20 mins), stir occasionally. Mash with a potato masher. Put in jar and refrigerate.