There are things you love since childhood. Do you include rhubarb compote? Then make this delicacy easily and quickly yourself.
There are things you love since childhood. Do you include rhubarb compote? Then make this delicacy easily and quickly yourself.
- Although rhubarb is used like fruit, it is actually a vegetable.
- The rhubarb season lasts from April to the end of June.
- With compote you make the short enjoyment perfect.
Rhubarb is a pleasure that simply belongs to spring and early summer. The sweet and sour vegetables are delicious in cakes, but rhubarb is also hard to beat as a compote. It's a good thing that you can prepare rhubarb compote yourself quickly and easily and therefore always know what's inside.
You need these ingredients for rhubarb compote
- 750 g rhubarb
- 50 g sugar (a little more possible, depending on how acidic the rhubarb is *)
- 2 tablespoons of sugar
- 100 ml water
- 1 tbsp lemon juice *
- 30 g starch
Summer in a glass: make rhubarb syrup easily yourselfHow to prepare the rhubarb compote
Wash the rhubarb stalks thoroughly under clear water. Remove the leaves at the top of the rods.Remove the cut end when it is dry.Now put a kitchen knife where the leaves used to be, cut a little bit and pull the fibers downwards. How to remove the woody fibers . You can also machine thick, older bars with a peeler.Now cut the peeled rhubarb into rough pieces and put it in a saucepan.Now sprinkle two tablespoons of sugar over the rhubarb and stir once. The sugar removes juice from the vegetables . Let the sweetened rhubarb steep for about twenty minutes.Fill up the leaked rhubarb juice with 100 ml of water and add an tablespoon of lemon juice. Boil everything up briefly.Now braise the rhubarb compote on a low flame for about five minutes .Now stir the starch with a little water (about 6 tablespoons should be enough) and stir the mixture into the compote. Simmer for another minute until it thickens.Sweeten the rhubarb compote with 50 g of sugar. If it tastes too acidic, you can gradually add more sugar until you are satisfied with the taste.Now you just have to let the rhubarb compote cool down and enjoy, for example with vanilla sauce .
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