Champagne rhubarb is rhubarb that is less tart, less fibrous, lighter in colour (a very pale pink), and more delicate overall than regular rhubarb — hence the name “champagne.” These qualities comes from special growing techniques. An entire region in Yorkshire, England, specializes in production of Champagne rhubarb.
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Custard Rhubarb Pie Recipe
The tartness of the rhubarb acts as a foil to the richness of the custard.
Ginger and Rhubarb Fool Recipe
These fools are very easy to make, with a great refreshing taste. They are also a healthy dessert, with the fruit, the ginger and the yoghurt.
Oxalic Acid
Oxalic Acid is an acid naturally present in many plants that we eat. Oxalic Acid is present in very small amounts in chives, oca, parsley, rhubarb, sorrel, spinach and taro, and in even smaller amounts in a zillion other types of produce from asparagus to sweet corn. It can make something taste tart, as it…
Rhubarb Bread & Butter Pudding Recipe
The rhubarb cuts nicely through the custard richness of this pudding.
Rhubarb Chutney (Savoury) Recipe
Particularly good with cheese and smoked fish.
Rhubarb Chutney (Sweet) Recipe
A very easy and interesting accompaniment for meats such as pork or lamb, or for patés.
Rhubarb Pie Day
The 23rd of January is Rhubarb Pie Day. Today celebrates the pie plant, the plant that makes those sweet but sour pies with juicy chunks of face-puckering rhubarb in them.
Rhubarb Sauce Recipe
Most rhubarb recipes will have you stew them in sugar. If you want to make a less sweet version, try this version.
Stewed Rhubarb Recipe
Serve as a dessert in a fruit nappy, or as a side condiment to some pork, or on ice cream or yoghurt.
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day
The 9th of June is Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day. It celebrates two of summer’s earliest fruits, even though one is actually a vegetable!
Wakefield Festival of Rhubarb
The Wakefield Festival of Rhubarb is an annual eight-day festival in Yorkshire, England held in the middle of February to mark the arrival of the champagne rhubarb crop.