Roasted rhubarb

rhubarb

Roasted rhubarb is another way to use rhubarb.  You can use roasted rhubarb as a side to a number of desserts, as a topping over a plain cake, or just with plain yoghurt.

Ingredients:
  • 1 bunch of rhubarb stalks, leaves removes, cleaned, ends trimmed and cut in 10 cm length
  • honey – 2 tbsp
  • juice of 1 orange
  • 5 cloves, 2 anise star
Method:
Preparation of the rhubarb

This is something you can get your child to help with, it is fun.

rhubard stalk preparation

  1. Cut the leaves and discard.

    rhubard stalk preparation

  2. Rinse/wash the stalks.
  3. rhubard stalk preparationCut the bottom part of each stalk and pull any stringy skin that comes with it
Cooking:
  1. Place some baking paper at the bottom of a small roasting tin (a brownie tin is perfect for that).
  2. Place the rhubarb stalks, the orange juice and spices, drizzle the honey all over.before roasting rhubarb prep
  3. Bake on 160°C for about 15 min or until the rhubarb is just tender.
  4. Remove from the oven and allow to cool, discard spices unless if using for decoration.