Spiced Rhubarb Food

SPICED RHUBARB

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, combine all ingredients. Bring to a rapid boil; reduce heat and simmer for 60-70 minutes. , Pour into pint jars and refrigerate. Serve as a glaze for ham or spread on biscuits.

SPICY RHUBARB CHUTNEY TO CAN OR FREEZE

Steps:

• Combine all the ingredients in a 6 or 8-quart stainless steel pot. Stir well and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to a simmer (a very gentle boil) and cook, uncovered, until thick, about 30 minutes. Stir occasionally, and more towards the end as the chutney is thickening.
• For Canning: While the mixture cooks, prepare six half-pint jars (or three pints) and keep hot until needed. Prepare canning lids according to manufacturer's directions, and start the water heating in the canner. (Refer to these directions if you need a water bath canning refresher.)
• When the chutney is cooked, ladle into 1 jar at a time, leaving 1/4-inch headspace, wiping the rim with a damp cloth, and attaching the lid. Place jar in prepared canner. Fill and close remaining jars.
• Process jars in a boiling-water canner for 15 minutes. Turn off burner, remove lid and let jars sit in the canner for 5 minutes. Carefully remove to a towel-lined counter and let cool. Check seals before labeling and storing in a cool, dark place. Refrigerate any jars that didn't seal to use within 3 to 4 weeks.
• For Freezing: simply ladle slightly cooled chutney into clean freezer-safe containers, label and freeze for up to a year.

SPICED RHUBARB SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine all ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 45-50 minutes or until thickened., Serve warm with chicken or pork. Refrigerate leftovers.

RHUBARB SPICE CAKE WITH LEMON SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch pan.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together 2 tablespoons butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Stir in the chopped rhubarb. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Allow to cool before slicing.
• To make the Lemon Sauce: In a saucepan, mix together 2 cups sugar and 4 tablespoons cornstarch. Stir in the water. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is thickened. Remove from heat and stir in 4 tablespoons butter, lemon zest, lemon juice, and extract (if desired). Stir in 1 or 2 drops yellow food coloring, if using.
• Serve slices of cake with the warm lemon sauce.

RHUBARB SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4 and put the kettle on. Butter and line a deep 20cm square cake tin. Sift the flour and spices into a bowl. Beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy in the food processor, then beat in the golden syrup. Dissolve the bicarbonate of soda in 200ml boiling water, then gradually pour through the spout of the processor. Pulse in the flour, then add the eggs, mixing briefly. Remove the bowl from the processor, then gently stir in the rhubarb.
• Pour the mixture into the tin and bake for 50-60 mins, until the cake feels firm to the touch and springs back when pressed. Cool in the tin for 5 mins, then turn out and cool on a wire rack. Dust with icing sugar.

GINGER-SPICED RHUBARB CRISP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Spread rhubarb into a 1 1/2-quart casserole dish to cover the bottom completely. Sprinkle white sugar evenly over the rhubarb.
• Mix flour, brown sugar, ginger, and cinnamon together in a large bowl. Blend butter into the sugar mixture with a pastry cutter until the mixture forms crumbs the size of a small pea; spread over the rhubarb.
• Bake in preheated oven until the top is lightly browned, about 30 minutes. Cool crisp before serving.

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH SPICED RHUBARB CHUTNEY

Steps:

• For chutney:
• Combine first 8 ingredients in heavy large Dutch oven. Bring to simmer over low heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Add rhubarb, onion and dried cherries; increase heat to medium-high and cook until rhubarb is tender and mixture thickens slightly, about 5 minutes. Cool completely. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill. Bring to room temperature before using.)
• For pork:
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Sprinkle pork with cumin. Season with salt and pepper. Heat oil in heavy large skillet over high heat. Add pork and brown on all sides, about 5 minutes. Transfer to roasting pan. Brush pork with 6 tablespoons chutney. Roast until thermometer inserted into center of pork registers 155°F, brushing occasionally with 6 more tablespoons chutney, about 25 minutes. Slice pork into medallions. Garnish with cilantro and serve with remaining chutney.

SPICY RHUBARB CHUTNEY

Steps:

• In a large heavy saucepan combine the ingredients of part 1.
• Bring to a boil and stir to dissolve sugar.
• Add the ingredients of part 2.
• Bring back to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until thick, stirring often, about 1-1 1/2 hours .
• Ladle into clean hot jars leaving 1/2 inch head space and process in a boiling water bath canner for 10 minutes.

CANADIAN SPICED RHUBARB AND ONION RELISH

Steps:

• Combine the ingredients in a preserving kettle. Stir well. Bring to the boil, stirring frequently, over high heat. Adjust the heat so that the relish bubbles moderately vigorously; stir frequently and remove any scum.
• When the relish is a rich brown colour and has the smooth, thick consistency of jam, it is ready this happens after about 40 to 60 minutes.
• Fill hot sterilized canning jars. Drop clean, new canning jar lids into boiling water and leave them there, off the heat, to allow the circle of sealing compound to soften. When filling each jar with jam, jelly or relish, leave a 1/8 inch headspace. Immediately screw the lid on tightly, then flip the jar over and back again. Set to cool on a rack. When the jam has cooled, check the seal to make sure the lid on the jar has concaved. If it has not, refrigerate the contents and use within a month.
• Another method is--Pour jam or jelly or relish into hot, clean jars, leaving a ¼ inch headspace. Wipe the edge of the jar with a clean damp cloth. Set the jar lids, previously softened in boiling water as described above, on the jars and tighten. Set on a rack in a canner, sometimes called a boiling water bath. Fill with water to a level 1 inch above the top of the jars. Cover the canner, bring to the boil over high heat and boil hard for 15 minutes. Remove the jars, cool on a rack and check the seals. Yields five 8 oz. jars.
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SPICED RHUBARB SOUP

Steps:

• Combine rhubarb, 3 1/2 cups water, sugar, cinnamon and salt in a saucepan. Bring to a boil; simmer uncovered for 20 minutes.
• Strain to remove pulp.
• Return to the pan and bring to a boil.
• Combine the cornstarch and 1/4 cup water and add to the rhubarb.
• Cook and stir 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat and add lemon juice.
• Refrigerate until chilled.
• Serve with dollops of yogurt.

SPICED RHUBARB COOLER

Steps:

• Make a simple syrup by combining sugar and 1 cup water in a saucepan; stir over heat until sugar is dissolved.
• Bring to boiling point, let boil without stirring about 7 minutes.
• Let cool.
• Meanwhile, cut rhubarb in small pieces; do not peel.
• Add 3 cups water and spices; simmer over low heat until tender.
• Strain out rhubarb stalks, pressing to release all liquid.
• Discard cooked stalks.
• Add cooled syrup and fruit juices; chill.
• Pour over ice in a pitcher or tall glasses; add ginger ale.

SPICED RHUBARB SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring rhubarb, 3-1/4 cups water, sugar, cinnamon sticks and salt to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes or until rhubarb is tender. Discard cinnamon sticks. Strain rhubarb mixture; discard pulp. Return liquid to the pan; bring to a boil. , Combine cornstarch and remaining water until smooth; stir into saucepan. Cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; add lemon slice. Cover and refrigerate until chilled. Discard lemon slice. Ladle soup into bowls. Garnish each serving with 1 tablespoon sour cream.