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Title: tons of rhubarb - suggestions please
Post by: lucyandrew on April 30, 2011, 04:44:51 pm: we have tons and tons of rhubarb. I have already made jam and got some home brew wine on the go but have no more room in the freezer.

suggestions welcome please
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Post by: Greenerlife on April 30, 2011, 07:05:09 pm: Same problem! i made Nigella's Rhubarb and Cornmeal (polenta) cake and it makes a great pudding with custard, or just cake when cold. Will definitely do it again.
Title: Re: tons of rhubarb - suggestions please
Post by: SallyintNorth on April 30, 2011, 10:34:39 pm: Easy! Send it to me! ;D ;D ;D

BH just LOVES rhubarb crumble and it's SO easy to make - IFF you have the rhubarb...
Title: Re: tons of rhubarb - suggestions please
Post by: dizzy1pig on May 01, 2011, 07:52:08 am: chutneys
stew it freeze it there when needed
believe u can make vodka wi it dont know how tho
Title: Re: tons of rhubarb - suggestions please
Post by: Womble on May 01, 2011, 07:53:52 am: Try Ginny B's rhubarb champagne recipe (http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/forum/index.php?topic=3066.0). I just bottled a batch yesterday - it's just so incredibly pink!!
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Post by: pottsie on May 01, 2011, 05:27:53 pm: I've got to agree with the rhubarb chempers did it last year it was great. I do love my crumble to, i have two clumps and its so big this year i'm alreadt trading.

Rob. ;D
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Post by: plumseverywhere on May 02, 2011, 04:28:32 pm: I make both jam and crumble with our rhubarb but I always add stem ginger to it to give it a kick.
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Post by: Eve on May 02, 2011, 06:16:52 pm: I agree, rhubarb and ginger jam is excellent. We also stew most of the rhubarb and freeze it, ready to eat in later months. :yum:
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Post by: suziequeue on May 04, 2011, 08:09:33 am: Can you just cut it up into chunks and freeze it or does it have to be stewed beforehand?
Title: Re: tons of rhubarb - suggestions please
Post by: lucyandrew on May 05, 2011, 11:43:11 am: thanks everybody.

have got a batch of rhubarb champers brewing away so should be good for some summer nights round the bbq.

will have to make more room in the freezer me thinks! ;D
Title: Re: tons of rhubarb - suggestions please
Post by: suziequeue on May 05, 2011, 03:52:49 pm: Anybody got any ideas on what to do with the leftover rhubarb once they've been used for champagne??

We've just made 10 litres into the fermenting bin which will give us a couple of pounds of rhubarb bits at the end :D :D :D
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Post by: Olly398 on June 16, 2011, 12:44:34 pm: You could also try Rhubarb and Ginger sponge pudding. There's a recipe on my blog (http://brixtonsbounty.blogspot.com/2010/05/rhubarb-gingerbread-sponge-pudding.html), pinched from the telegraph. Very yum.
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Post by: egglady on July 06, 2011, 04:46:32 pm: rhubarb and strawberry jam
rhubarb and coriander chutney
rhbarb and vanilla jam
rhubarb flapjacks
rhubarb cake

can you tell we like rhubarb here!!!
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Post by: Hermit on July 06, 2011, 08:26:01 pm: The herb Swet Cicely takes the bitterness out of rhubarb and looks lovely in the jam and crumbles etc.
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Post by: Antikythera on July 12, 2011, 02:56:10 am: Rhubarb wine is lovely, it's one of the things I want to do when I start making my own wine. Maybe I'll ask the inlaws if I can toss a few pieces into their next batch.

Extra rhubarb around here turns into one of two things: 1) cobbler, or 2) sugary starchy jam that goes on pancakes.
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Post by: Sylvia on July 12, 2011, 07:24:56 am: Rhubarb and mint jelly. Lovely with lamb :yum:
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Post by: melodrama on July 19, 2011, 10:54:53 pm: Quote from: Sylvia on July 12, 2011, 07:24:56 am
Rhubarb and mint jelly. Lovely with lamb :yum:
this sounds great - have never heard of it before - do you have a recipe x x :D
Title: Re: tons of rhubarb - suggestions please
Post by: lucyandrew on July 21, 2011, 04:09:01 pm: Quote from: Sylvia on July 12, 2011, 07:24:56 am
Rhubarb and mint jelly. Lovely with lamb :yum:

I would also love to have the recipie if you have 1.

We love lamb in this house so it would go down really well.