Rhubarb: Pt. 3 - Return of the Pie

Star Wars Nerd. yes. that's me.

The last thing I made with rhubarb was pie. Rhubarb-strawberry pie. Mommer and Pops liked the rhubarb mocktails and the cooked rhubarb mash. tomorrow - pie for breakfast. yum.

recipe below.

Rhubarb Strawberry Pie

2 cups chopped rhubarb

2 cups chopped strawberries

2 cups sugar

1/2 c flour

1 tblsp butter

desired pastry crust for 1 pie.

put pie crust in oiled pan.

combine sugar and flour - cover pastry with a fine layer of the mixture.

add fruit on top of flour/sugar mix.

cover fruit layer with rest of flour/sugar.

dot topping with butter.

cover with remaining pie crust and bake at 450 degrees for 15 mins. then decrease oven temp to 350 and bake for an additional 20 mins. this helps insure that the bottom of the crust doesn't become a soggy mess.

PIE! PIE! PIE!

and that concludes our three part rhubarb saga.

KN - out.

Rhubarb: Pt. 2 - The Syrup Strikes Back

Rhubarb is so pretty. and delicious.

the trilogy continues. I made some rhubarb simple syrup, which is fantastic! Add a little lime, some soda water OR some potato vodka. your choice.

Consider this a serving suggestion.

Rhubarb Simple Syrup

3 cups Rhubarb

1 cup Sugar

1 cup Water

Mix all ingredients, bring to a boil. Allow to boil for about 15 minutes. Taste. If it's not sweet enough for you, add more sugar and return to medium heat to simmer. Once it's to your liking, strain, and then can, or refrigerate.

Rhubarb : Pt. 1 - A New Jam

The first time I cooked with Rhubarb was last year when I helped my soon to be married friend, BARgal , bake a strawberry-rhubarb pie for her rehearsal dinner. I still maintain that it needed a lot more sugar.

Almost exactly one year later I'm standing in a kitchen in Washington, making rhubarb jam and rhubarb pie from rhubarb I just picked outside the kitchen door. awesome.

Rhubarb Jam

5 cups chopped Rhubarb

4 cups sugar

1 packet strawberry jello

cook together, allow to boil, put in a jar. simple! : )

kitchen ninja out.