How To Cook Young Rhubarb
If you have a lot of rhubarb you can blanch the stems in boiling water for about 45 seconds drain well cool cut into pieces and freeze for up to three months.
How to cook young rhubarb. Remove from heat and add one 3 ounce package of strawberry gelatin. Cut it into chunks. My taught me how to cook rhubarb when i was young.
You can even look for special rhubarb forcers. In fact it looks much more like the rhubarb in these photos which is what prompted me to wonder if my first year rhubarb is harvest able. I m growing rhubarb in my backyard and despite warnings that it s not worth harvesting the first year mine is huge and i think i might harvest it after all however mine isn t completely red as typically seen in the grocery store.
In early spring when a few leaves have just started to emerge from the ground cover the plant with a large pot. As soon as warm weather arrived we would see those dark green shoots come up out of the ground. Preheat your oven then remove the rhubarb from the fridge and cover it with a piece of parchment paper.
Our family has been cooking it for generations. Block any holes or gaps in the pot so that no light can get in and place a layer of straw around the. Cook rhubarb to a boil over medium to medium high heat.
We had a big clump of rhubarb growing in the back yard. Once the rhubarb comes to a boil reduce heat to medium and allow to boil for 10 minutes. Every year we had more and more rhubarb.
Add the batons to the boiling sugar syrup then immediately remove the pan from the heat. Large terra cotta bell shaped containers specially made for the task. The young pink stems have a refreshingly sharp flavour.