Spiced Rhubarb Sauce Recipes

SPICED RHUBARB SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine all ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 45-50 minutes or until thickened., Serve warm with chicken or pork. Refrigerate leftovers.

RHUBARB SPICE CAKE WITH LEMON SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch pan.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together 2 tablespoons butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Stir in the chopped rhubarb. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Allow to cool before slicing.
• To make the Lemon Sauce: In a saucepan, mix together 2 cups sugar and 4 tablespoons cornstarch. Stir in the water. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is thickened. Remove from heat and stir in 4 tablespoons butter, lemon zest, lemon juice, and extract (if desired). Stir in 1 or 2 drops yellow food coloring, if using.
• Serve slices of cake with the warm lemon sauce.

SPICED RHUBARB

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, combine all ingredients. Bring to a rapid boil; reduce heat and simmer for 60-70 minutes. , Pour into pint jars and refrigerate. Serve as a glaze for ham or spread on biscuits.

FRIED RHUBARB RAVIOLI WITH SPICED STRAWBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Place all the sauce ingredients except the 12 strawberries in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool. Take out the bay leaf and cinnamon stick. Puree in a food processor and strain through a fine sieve. Set aside.
• Place the rhubarb, 1/2 cup of the sugar, water and orange juice in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook just until the rhubarb is soft, about 5 minutes. Drain well and place in a small bowl. Stir in the orange and lemon rinds and ricotta. Place the wonton skins on a work surface in a single layer and brush lightly with the egg mixture. Place a rounded tablespoon of the filling in the center of 8 of the wonton skins. Top with a second skin and press around the filling to the edges to make a tight seal. Place on a baking sheet and freeze while heating the oil.
• Heat the oil in a deep-fryer or large pot until it reaches 375 degrees. Carefully drop the ravioli in the oil and fry until golden on both sides. Drain on paper towels. Combine the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar with the cinnamon and coat the ravioli in the mixture. Place the strawberry sauce and reserved strawberries in a small saucepan and heat until warm. Spoon some of the sauce on each of 4 plates. Place 2 raviolis on each plate with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

CANADIAN SPICED RHUBARB AND ONION RELISH

Steps:

• Combine the ingredients in a preserving kettle. Stir well. Bring to the boil, stirring frequently, over high heat. Adjust the heat so that the relish bubbles moderately vigorously; stir frequently and remove any scum.
• When the relish is a rich brown colour and has the smooth, thick consistency of jam, it is ready this happens after about 40 to 60 minutes.
• Fill hot sterilized canning jars. Drop clean, new canning jar lids into boiling water and leave them there, off the heat, to allow the circle of sealing compound to soften. When filling each jar with jam, jelly or relish, leave a 1/8 inch headspace. Immediately screw the lid on tightly, then flip the jar over and back again. Set to cool on a rack. When the jam has cooled, check the seal to make sure the lid on the jar has concaved. If it has not, refrigerate the contents and use within a month.
• Another method is--Pour jam or jelly or relish into hot, clean jars, leaving a ¼ inch headspace. Wipe the edge of the jar with a clean damp cloth. Set the jar lids, previously softened in boiling water as described above, on the jars and tighten. Set on a rack in a canner, sometimes called a boiling water bath. Fill with water to a level 1 inch above the top of the jars. Cover the canner, bring to the boil over high heat and boil hard for 15 minutes. Remove the jars, cool on a rack and check the seals. Yields five 8 oz. jars.
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