More than just Crumble...
Our lovely neighbors very kindly gave us a great armful of beautiful bright pink rhubarb. Here's what I did with it, in case you are looking for some ideas...
1. Lamb with Kurdish Rhubard & Split Peas, from Diana Henry's wonderful book 'A Change of Appetite' which I cannot recommend highly enough! Buy, buy, buy- cook, cook, cook. The sharp rhubarb was great with the flavorsome Square Farm lamb.
2. Fresh Rhubarb Pickle, from HFW's 'River Cottage Fruit Everyday' which has some great more unusual ideas in it. Served up with goodies from Waitrose deli counter!
3.Rhubarb Curd, I couldn't quite capture the the stunning soft peachy/ fawn/ buff colour of the curd (with my crappy phone)- actually I would love a soft leather summer handbag in this hue come to mention it. Anyway, the curd was glorious. We ate it by the spoon, on toast and dolloped on bread and butter pudding. Of course I gave a jar to the neighbors too.
4. Rhubarb Polenta Cake, from Nigella Lawson's classic 'How to be a Domestic Goddess'. A satisfyingly easy cake to make, my one year old loved it even with the decent chunks of tart rhubarb dotted throughout. Ok confession time, I didn't get a decent picture of this beautiful cake before my family (and I!) attacked it. So you will have to trust me it was good, here is the after shot:
