Fun with Rhubarb

​Fun With Rhubarb! During the Quarentimes we all had to get creative to avoid losing our marbles. My Rhubarb came up like a forest of rhubarb stalks! So after making the usual things I started looking for something else to do with it and this episode of In The Kitchen With Mary Mac gives you those rhubarb gems! Enjoy!

*the rhubarb fizz recipe is from Martha Stewart, Mary Mac has not tested that one because it's gin

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Rhubarb Simple Syrup

Ingredients

• 2 lbs rhubarb (8-10 stalks)
• 4 cups of water
• 1 ¾ to 2 cups of sugar

Directions

• Trim rhubarb (cut off about two inches at bottom then just below the leaf at the top
• Wash your rhubarb, make sure it's clean and there's no bad spots on it, and cut it up into 1 inch pieces
• Put rhubarb, water, and sugar in a heavy bottom pot and bring it to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar
• Once you get it to a boil, turn it down to medium heat and let simmer about 60 minutes uncovered. Stir occasionally to make sure the sugar is dissolving and that you're breaking up the rhubarb
• Place a large sieve over a bowl. Let the rhubarb mixture cool a little bit, then very carefully pour it a little bit at a time through the sieve
• Pour the drained liquid through either a jelly bag or a cheesecloth-lined colander into another bowl to make sure it’s as filtered as possible. Don’t squeeze or press on it, just let it sit and drain
• Put the rhubarb bits that you’ve filtered out into a container in the fridge to use in a Rhubarb Fool
• Let the rhubarb syrup cool, then pour into a glass bottle or jar and store in the fridge until ready to use

Variation: Rhubarb Shrub

• Combine cut up rhubarb with 1 c vinegar and 1 c sugar in a pot
• Cook it until it breaks down, then strain it and store the juice in the refrigerator
• Mix with seltzer or cold water
• *You can use pretty much any kind of fruit for this

Rhubarb Fizz

Ingredients

• 8 oz gin
• 9 oz rhubarb simple syrup
• ½ c lemon juice
• Ice
• Sparkling wine - any kind you like

Directions

• Blend gin and rhubarb simple syrup together
• Add lemon juice and mix well
• Put ice in 8 glasses and pour the mixture over the ice
• Top with sparkling wine

​Rhubarb Slice

Ingredients

• 1 oz vodka
• 2 oz rhubarb simple syrup
• 1 very thick slice of orange, peel on
• Club soda
• Ice

Directions

• Put about four ice cubes into a 16-oz glass
• Add vodka, rhubarb simple syrup, and orange slice to the glass
• Stir the drink and poke the orange a little bit
• Top with club soda

Rhubarb Fool

Ingredients

• 2 lbs rhubarb
• ½ c water
• About ¾ c sugar
• 1 ½ c heavy whipping cream
• 1 tsp sugar or powdered sugar

Directions

• Cut up rhubarb (if you made simple syrup earlier, you can add the leftover rhubarb bits to this)
• Put rhubarb, water, and ¾ c sugar into a pot. Cook it down just like you’re making applesauce
• Whip together whipping cream and 1 tsp sugar, set in the refrigerator for a couple hours to set up
• In a pretty wine glass, layer whipped cream and rhubarb alternately until the glass is full
• Enjoy!

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