Recipe · summer
Rhubarb Pie, Crisp or Cobbler
Classic rhubarb dessert — thicken with flour or cornstarch, sweeten with sugar.
Meal: snackMain: rhubarbHands-on: min
Ingredients
- Chopped rhubarb
- Sugar, to taste
- Flour or cornstarch, to thicken
- Your usual pie crust, crisp topping, or cobbler batter
Steps
- 1Toss the rhubarb with sugar and flour or cornstarch.
- 2Bake under a crust, a crumble, or a cobbler batter until bubbling.
- 3Great combos: rhubarb/strawberry, rhubarb/raspberry, rhubarb/saskatoon.
Meet the plant
- RhubarbThe old neighbour in the back corner who was here before you and will outlast you.
Tips that help here
- The Ten-Minute Evening Slug PatrolNo sprays, no pellets — just a flashlight and a bad attitude.
- Water Deep, Not OftenShallow daily sips train roots to stay near the surface where it's hottest.
- Water Early in the DayMorning watering gives roots time to drink before the night chill.
More like this
- Rhubarb SlushA nostalgic frozen rhubarb drink Cindy grew up on, served at parties topped up with ginger ale.
- Rhubarb Coffee Cake or MuffinsSwap chopped rhubarb into your favourite muffin or coffee cake recipe.
- Soft Rhubarb CookiesMakes four dozen or more soft, cinnamon-warm cookies studded with rhubarb.