Oven-cooked Strawberry Rhubarb Jam

Oven-cooked Strawberry Rhubarb Jam

If you want to know how to make the most of local seasonal food, ask a farmer. Our local farmers waste nothing, if they can help it. So if you have extra strawberries, perhaps some that you didn’t get around to eating fast enough, take a cue from Jenny Christian: make jam. Here’s a really fuss-free oven-cooked version, that combines strawberries with rhubarb from the […]

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Ruby syrup and compote

This week’s recipe is sweet and simple, and it’s a twofer. In no time, you’ll have a small bottle of ruby-colored syrup and a little dish of fruit compote. Local strawberries take the star role in this recipe, with rhubarb as the character actor, and parsley playing the part of “mystery ingredient.” We had two other local inspirations. Grown-up rhubarb […]

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Strawberry-Rhubarb Crumble

Sweet strawberries have a faithful companion in tart rhubarb. They’re often called the first two fruits of spring, although rhubarb is strictly speaking a vegetable. Rhubarb was introduced to America by Benjamin Franklin and was commonly called pie plant, supposedly because of its use in pies. Here it joins strawberries in a crumble – humbler than pie, and even easier! […]

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