When cooking or baking with rhubarb...

[fkj2]

do you peel the outside away?

I saw one of the chefs on a morning program last week peel the outside of the stalk away before using it.

 

[MazdaUK]

Only if its stringy

 

[jiminyC_fan]

Wow, never heard of peeling. I have never peeled mine. I make muffins, sauce, cakes, bars you name it and never peeled unless when I cut it a "string" came along.

 

[MazdaUK]

Yup - that's what I do. If when I cut it theres stringy bits, off they come My neighbour gave me about 4lb of rhubabrb the other week and some bits were as thick as a chair leg I used the thinnest bits for a streusal tart and made rhubarb and fig jam (jelly) with the rest.

 

[jiminyC_fan]

Mmmm, a streusel tart sounds good.

 

[MazdaUK]

I don't even like rhubarb and I liked it It has ground almons in the streusal topping - you can add ginger to the filling but I'm not that keen so didn't.