Other than crumble or pie what can I make with a load of rhubarb?

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Title says it all, next door neighbours have very kindly given me a carrier bag full of rhubarb. Dd made a raspberry & rhubarb strudel tart which was very nice...just looking for some inspiration.

Fool

Jelly

Stew it with sugar and ginger and mix in with Greek yogurt

Wine!!!

Sorbet or ice cream?

Cheese cake?

Chutney or Rhubarb fool

Chutney

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Jam? You can use it in cake, too...but when I get a bulk amount of fruit I think the best thing is to stew and freeze, otherwise everyone gets sick of it and it gets wasted. Do some with sugar/honey and some plain, freeze in small amounts and you can use it as fruit element of a number of puddings - even as a compote with savoury dishes, v good with Duck, for example.

I have been using it up in summer puddings!

Oooh, there's a lovely Hugh Fearnley-W recipe which we've done a couple of times recently - stew rhubarb with a bit of orange juice and sugar (might need to strain it if it's a bit liquid), mix with greek yoghurt and custard (preferably home-made, but I'm sure it would be delicious using instant / Ambrosia) - delicious yoghurty-fool type pudding. Crumble meringue or Ameretti biscuits on top if you like.

Or rhubarb jam?

All sound nice particularly wine!!! Rhubarb cheesecake...there's an idea...off to google recipes.

rhubarb jam is great.....

stew it with sugar and bananas, thicken a little with cornflour and serve with custard.

Do you go to Tesco's? I picked up their Real Food recipe mag (it's free). There is a rhubarb cheesecake recipe in it that looks good.

Hijacking the thread briefly to ask when you know your rhubarb is ready to be cut? Will it grow back again this year if I cut it?
Sorry op, hijack over

You pull a stem at a time when the stem is about the same length as the stems you might see in the supermarket. Don't cut them - hold a stem near the base and give a little twisting pull. It should come away cleanly.

Have a look on the good food mag website, some really lovely ideas there
ideas that look yummy

Carrotsandcelery...no idea...it's from next door neighbour's allotment.

Nothing, theres nothing you can do with it, totally usless.

So send it to me.

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I have a fab baked rhubarb and orange pudding recipe - it has rhubarb on bottom and orangy sponge on top.. let me know if you want it. its long so will only type up if asked! (feeding baby)

poshme....yes please, when you've got time....thanks

Nigella has a recipe for rhubarb meringue pie which is lovely, I have just remembered.

Thanks PatientGriselda

ok.
750g rhubarb 75g soft brown sugar 75 sofetned butter 250g caster sugar
grated rind & juice of 1 lemon grated rind 2 oranges
5 eggs, separated 50g flour 300ml milk (a bit less works a bit better)

roughly chop rhubarb and put in ovenproof dish with brown sugar & bake (180C / 350F/ gas4) for 20 mins. set aside to cool in dish.

beat butter in a bowl, gradually add the caster sugar, beat till pale & fluffy.
beat in lemon & orange rinds then add lemon juice.
beat in 5 egg yolks one by one. (it might curdle but dont worry!)
beat in the flour and then add the milk.

different bowl: whisk egg whites till very stiff.
quickly fold into beaten mixture with a metal spoon (dont ask me why but thats what it says!)

pour over rhubarb in its dish.
stand dish in roasting tin half filled with hot water.
bake in oven (350F/ 180C / gas 4/ )for 40-45 mins till golden brown

its a bit of a faff but yummy. i cooked it at college and all my housemates who dont like rhubarb ate loads!
recipe says it can be frozen once cooked.
hope you like!

I freeze rhubarb raw. chopped and washed but just put in a tub to freeze and then kept in tub. Can have rhubarb and banana crumble all year.

poshme...Thanks for that...is it a cake you could dish up as a pudding with cream/ice cream as well eat slices of?