So the other day I bought a kilo to try them out. The recipes google came up with looked rather complicated, so I decided to open them op and taste the raw version and then decide how to procede.
The taste was a bit like sour plums so I decided to cook them as if I was going to make a compote of plums. I peeled and deseeded them. Placed them in a pot added about 1 dl of cane sugar, a stick of cinnamon, some cardamom seeds and some drops of vainilla extract. I also added a little bit of water, which was probably not necessary as the fruits released quite a lot of liquid during the cooking. At the end of the cooking time (about ½ hour) I added some maizena to thicken it a bit.
The result was quite good ... both for pancakes and meat :-)
Oh, it looks amazing!! I need to try this with all the rhubarb we are about to inherit from our friends garden. Love your photos!
ReplyDeleteI think they just eat them like regular fruit in Japan...but it's a Japanese variety and perhaps sweeter. :)
ReplyDeleteRhubarbs are rare around here :-(
ReplyDeleteMurasaki: Yes, but the ones I bought could be eaten as they were if you like fruits a little acid.
I read somewhere that the seeds inside should be rather poisonous, so maybe it is better to eat them cooked!