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Recipe for May 9, 2010

Lots of rhubarb at the market now.  Here are two easy ways to fix it.  One plain and one fancy.  Pick one of Ulik’s Bakery’s* angel food cakes and pour on the sauce.

 

Rhubarb Sauce

4 cups rhubarb*, chopped in ½” pieces

½ cup sugar

2 tablespoons water

Wash rhubarb and chop into ½’ pieces.

In a sauce pan, add rhubarb, sugar, and water. Bring to boil over medium heat, stirring frequently. Reduce to a simmer. Simmer until rhubarb is soft and slightly thickened (about 10 minutes), stirring occasionally.

Remove from heat and cool. Serve warm or refrigerate and serve.

 

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Roasted Rhubarb


2 lb. rhubarb*, trimmed and cut into 3-inch lengths
½ cup sugar
½ cup crisp white wine
1 vanilla bean, split

Set a rack in the lower third of the oven, and preheat the oven to 350°F.

Put the rhubarb in a Dutch oven or other deep oven-safe pot. Add the sugar, wine, and vanilla bean, and stir to mix. Bake (uncovered) for about 30 minutes, or until very tender, giving the pot a gentle stir about midway through to ensure that the rhubarb cooks evenly.

 

Inspired by Canal House Cooking, Volume 3 and orangette.blogspot.com