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This tart is the ideal dessert to take advantage of the rhubarb season, simple and quick and above all very delicious.
Are you like me? I love rhubarb. I often make clafoutis with it and have become a fan of homemade rhubarb juice, it’s super simple to make, and if you want to both surprise and delight your convinces, this is a recipe you have to try.
Rhubarb Information
Rhubarb is a perennial plant of the polygonaceae family. Its name comes from the Latin rheubarbarum which means “barbarian root”. I read that it was called that because it was consumed by foreign peoples, therefore barbarians. To be checked.
You can easily grow it in your vegetable garden.. It’s a hardy plant Who resists the cold well And don’t require too much care. It needs fresh, well-drained soil and above all lots of water.
A little space also because its stems and leaves spread out. If you plant them, allow at least 1 m2 per foot!
The season is from April to summer, July officially but we can often harvest it until the start of the school year in September.
The leaves are toxic and cannot be eaten.And the stems should be eaten cooked.
In contains, jam, pie, cake, or even in savory dishes or in juice. A multitude of possibilities to take advantage of its slight tangy taste.
Choose very firm stems of a good diameter. The color varies a little depending on the variety but the pink red sticks are a guarantee of good maturity. Stems that are too green may be more acidic.
The pie crust: I use a shortcrust pastry because rhubarb is not very sweet, I do not risk having an overly sweet result. But there everything is possible: sweet, shortcrust or even puff pastry.
The device: I arrange the fruit on the rolled out dough in a preferably metallic mold (the dough will be crispier than if you use a porcelain or glass tart pan).
Then I pour over a device made from eggs beaten with a little brown sugar. Not too much, we don’t want a dessert that’s too sweet.
And also, this is optional but I find that it is better giving a smoother result, a little milk which can be replaced by vegetable milk.
This device is a bit like grandmother’s old-fashioned pies, like I do for my Normandy apple pie which you really like if I believe your feedback.
What other fruits to add
- You can make this pie with only rhubarb.
- Or with a mix rhubarb and apple as in the recipe which I will share with you right after.
- I also like to add some red fruits: raspberry, strawberry, blackcurrant, blueberry… It’s really very good. It doesn’t take much to add a little flavor and brighten up the preparation wonderfully.
Rhubarb and apple tart
This tart is the ideal dessert to take advantage of the rhubarb season, simple and quick and above all very delicious. Shortcrust pastry (shortcrust pastry possible), pieces of rhubarb and apples and a mix with eggs, sugar and milk optional. Easy and quick
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Prepare the tart base
Add the appliance and cook
Enjoy your food !
Rhubarb lover? I suggest you a rhubarb juice which will surprise. It is achieved quite simply by doing cook the rhubarb with water and sugar. We filter and taste an incredible fragrant drink, a bit tangy.
When I use rhubarb in cakes or clafoutisI tend to cut the stems into sections and soak them for a little while in sugar. This softens them and allows them to integrate better with the cake batters. this is the case in my rhubarb and red fruit clafoutis.
Enjoy