Рецепт Simple Rhubarb Compote Recipe
Sweet and tangy rhubarb compote
MindfulEats is featuring its first dessert recipe - it hardly gets easier or more natural than this! I recently did some cooking demos with Lela Chapman of Greenmarkets to celebrate the opening of the Greenmarket at the Hester Street Fair (open today and every Sunday). One of the items we made was Lela's rhubarb compote. It fit all the MindfulEats requirements (simple and easy) - only 3 ingredients and so easy we made it outside. This elegant dessert is truly fuss-free. Tangy and sweet, this was a bit hit.
Rhubarb is in season, so now is the perfect time to make it! We stuck to the Greenmarket principle of using only locally sourced ingredients, so this recipe uses honey instead of sugar (which is not grown in the are). I think it makes the compote even better.
- Raw rhubarb ready to be turned into compote
- Rhubarb Compote
- Serves 4+
- 2.5 cups rhubarb
- 1/2 cup or more apple cider (we used Red Jacket Orchards, which has no other ingredients)
- 1/3 cup honey
Trim off the rhubarb ends and remove stringy pieces so you just have red stalk. Discard or save for vegetable juice.
Chop rhubarb into 1/2-1 inch pieces.
Place in saucepan over medium heat with apple cider. Stir until it begins to break down.
Turn heat to low and let simmer for 5 minutes. Add more apple cider if necessary. You can serve it with all the chunks broken down, or slightly chunky. You can see in the photo above that I served it slightly chunky.
Drizzle in honey. Adjust as needed.
Enjoy it warm, or chill it in the refrigerator. I served it alone, but it is delicious with ice cream, yogurt, pie, scones, vanilla sauce, or wherever your fancy takes you.
What I ate: cereal + ground flaxseed + milk, 1 hard-boiled egg, small Jamba Juice yumberry, 24 oz. chocolate milk, cherries, blueberries, egg sandwich, tall coffee frappucino, dried mangos, Mindful Mix, cheddar cheese, handmade tofu + sea urchin, soft shell crab and mushroom tempura, softshell crab roll, sauteed mushrooms, seaweed salad, 60 oz. water
Exercise: Ran 9 miles