Candied Rhubarb:
1. trim the rhubarb into 6" long matchsticks
2. melt 1 cup sugar with about 3 tablespoons water
3. steep the rhubarb in the sugar solution for about 30 seconds
4. place the sugared rhubarb strips on a parchment-lined sheet pan, making sure that no pieces are touching
4. dry out the rhubarb in a 200 degree F oven for about an hour.
5. If you like, curl the rhubarb candy around your finger, or the handle of a wooden spoon when you take it out of the oven.
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ReplyDeleteKate, we're even more similar than your mom knows if you're as obsessed with rhubarb as i am! i just planted some last month.
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ReplyDeleteLike your blog! Thanks for the recipe for the rhubarb candy. Rhubarb recipes can be hard to come by! I have a rhubarb bread recipe that is wonderful, and I just finished my last frozen loaf from last year. I posted it here
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Nobody must have read the recipe - Melt sugar with more sugar? Is it supposed to be water. Do you heat it? Seep the rhubarb? Must mean steep. An hour does not seem long enough to do much?
ReplyDeletehahaha. Oh lordy. It looks like I wrote this in a daze and didn't read it myself! Thanks for pointing this out. Yes, melt the sugar in water, and sTeep the rhubarb.
ReplyDeleteAn hour was great. It allowed much of the water to evaporate without the rhubarb getting dry and crispy. Of course anyone can let it dry out to their desired moisture level, but an hour was perfect for me.