Orange Rhubarb Compote Food

RHUBARB COMPOTE

Steps:

• Combine wine, sugar, orange peel, and lemon peel in heavy large saucepan. Bring to boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Add rhubarb and salt and simmer until rhubarb is tender but still retains its shape, about 9 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer rhubarb to shallow dish, arranging in single layer. Boil wine syrup in saucepan until slightly thickened and reduced to 1 1/4 cups, adding any juices accumulated from rhubarb, about 5 minutes. Pour syrup over rhubarb and cool, then cover and chill until cold. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and keep chilled.

Steps:

• Combine rhubarb with all other ingredients in medium saucepan, except vanilla extract.
• Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat.
• Reduce heat to a gentle simmer and cook until the rhubarb begins to break down, about 15 minutes.
• Remove from heat, add vanilla and stir.
• Cool and serve.

ORANGE RHUBARB COMPOTE

Steps:

• trim the rhubarb of it's ends and split each stalk down the middle. Chop the rhubarb into 1 centimeter chunks.
• In a large bowl, toss the rhubarb with the sugar, orange liquor, and orange zest.
• In a medium-heavy bottomed pan over medium heat, melt your butter. when the butter melts, add the sugar coated rhubarb. cook over medium heat, undisturbed, for 2 minutes. when rhubarb has started to release juices, gently stir.
• continue cooking over medium heat until all the juices release from the rhubarb, and it begins to slightly thicken, or about 15 minutes. The compote will be thick, and the rhubarb slightly tender.

STEWED RHUBARB FRUIT COMPOTE

Steps:

• Cut rhubarb into bite-sized pieces.
• Peel, core and thinly slice apple. Grate rind and squeeze juice from orange. Combine rhubarb, apple, orange rind and juice, water and sugar in a saucepan.
• Cover and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes or until fruit is tender.
• Stir occasionally.
• Remove from heat and add strawberries, if desired.
• Add more sugar to taste. Serve warm or at room temperature. Top with spoonful of yogurt and sprinkle of brown sugar.

ORANGE RHUBARB BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, orange zest and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream. Fold in rhubarb and walnuts., Transfer to two 5-3/4x3x2-in. loaf pans coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.