Friday, May 22, 2015

Best time of the year for Rhubarb

Rhubarb is one of my favorite vegetables that is seasonally spring.  It is so delicious and makes, in my opinion, THE BEST desserts.  Don’t get me wrong, I like to add rhubarb to main courses, but it doesn’t get much better than a good old fashioned rhubarb pie.  I wanted to share my love for this seasonally sweet vegetable with a few of my recipes.  I hope they seem just as delicious to you as they do to me!

Rhubarb Crumble
rhubarb crumble julie green and keenIngredients-
1 ½ pound of rhubarb, just into small slices
2 cups of raspberries or strawberries (or if you are feeling crazy, both)
1 ¼ cup sugar
2 tablespoons of instant tapioca
½ tsp. grated orange zest
2 tbsp. fresh orange juice
A dash of salt

Ingredients for topping-
6 tbsp. softened vegetarian butter
¼ cup packed light-brown sugar
¼ tsp. orange zest
1 cup flour
Dash of salt

Instructions for topping-
Mix butter, brown sugar, orange zest in a large bowl, electric mixers work great.  Mix until creamy.  Add flour and salt, work mixture until it forms coarse crumbs.

Instructions for Rhubarb-
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Mix rhubarb, berries, sugar, tapioca, orange zest, orange juice, and salt in a large bowl.
Divide rhubarb mixture into six small, one cup baking dishes and top with topping.
Bake for about 30-35 minutes until golden brown and it is bubbling a little bit.
Let cool and serve, Enjoy!




My favorite Rhubarb Cake
rhubarb cake julie green and keenIngredients-
½ cup vegetarian butter
1 ½ white sugar
¼ cup soy yogurt
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 cups flour
1 tsp. bake soda
¼ tsp. salt
1 cup buttermilk
2 cups chopped rhubarb
1 tbsp. flour
¼ cup vegetarian butter
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 cup packed brown sugar

Instructions-
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
In a large bowl, mix together butter, sugar, yogurt and vanilla until creamy.
In another bowl sift 2 cups of flour, baking soda, and salt.  Add the buttermilk and combine with creamed mixture.
Toss the rhubarb with 1 tbsp. flour and stir into the batter.  Pour the batter into a buttered 9 x 13 in pan and smooth the surface.
In a separate bowl, blend together ¼ cup butter, cinnamon, and brown sugar.  Sprinkle evenly over the batter.
Bake for 45 minutes, let cool and enjoy!


The Beloved Fresh Rhubarb Pie
rhubarb pie julie green and keenIngredients-
4 cups of chopped rhubarb
1 1/3 cups white sugar
6 tbsp. flour
1 tbsp. butter
Pie Crust (Homemade or bought, your choice)

Instructions-
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F
Combine sugar and flour and sprinkle a ¼ of it over the pie crust.  Heap the rhubarb over this mixture and sprinkle the remaining sugar and flour over the top of the rhubarb.  Chop up pieces of butter and sprinkle over the top and cover with top crust.
Bake for 15 minutes then reduce the heat to 350 degrees F and continue baking for 40-45 minutes.
Enjoy your fresh rhubarb pie!


Go Green and Stay Keen,

Julie

17 comments:

  1. Can you believe I have never tried rhubarb before? I keep meaning to try it, so one of these days I have to do it

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  2. These recipes look amazing! I LOVE rhubarb!

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  3. I'm with you! I adore rhubarb and can't get enough of it! I'm the only one in the fam who likes it though. :(

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  4. I love rhubarb. Just made 2 Rhubarb Crumble Pies the other day Yum!!

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  5. Your cake looks delicious. I've never tasted Rhubarb before and I wonder how it tastes.

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  6. I haven't cooked with Rhubarb before. I don't think I have ever eater Rhubarb before.

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  7. Is it weird that I've actually never cooked with or eaten rhubarb? This rhubarb cake looks really good, though!

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  8. I love my moms rhubarb pie, I will have to send this to her so she can check this out as well.

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  9. I have never had rhubarb before. I keep meaning to try it :)

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  10. My mom loves rhubarb. She would appreciate this recipe.

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  11. My mother always talks about the rhubarb dishes she had growing up on the farm. She never made many of the dishes she loved. I bet she would go crazy over this one.

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  12. Yay for rhubarb!! Yummmmm - all of your recipes look great, thank you!

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  13. I've never tried it but probably have in pie and didn't know it.

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  14. I love the crumble idea. I have never considered rhubarb in a crumb. It must be delicious

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  15. Looks so delicious. My kids loves Rhubarb cakes, but I have never tried this at home. And looks so easy to prepare. Will definitely try this for sure. Thanks a lot for sharing this yummy idea.

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  16. It's been a long time since I've had Strawberry Rhubarb pie. Interestingly, I used to see it more often in the stores, and now that I think of it - I haven't seen it in a while.

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  17. oh, my! I've been meaning to make this but I kept forgetting. I love rhubard!

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