Rhubarb Sauce With Zest

Charlotte J's Note:

I love rhubarb sauce but this recipe is so much better then the plain sauce I'm use to. I hijacked this recipe from Dreamer in Ontario. It is the filling from her Rhubarb Crisp Squares recipe. I just added more zest when I made it. I also made directions for cooking it using fresh rhubarb. It tasted so good that I just had to post it as a sauce recipe.

• Total Time: 10 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 4 cups chopped frozen rhubarb, thawed
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 -3 teaspoons grated orange zest
• 1/8 cup water, if using fresh rhubarb

Directions:

1. Combine rhubarb, sugar, cornstarch and zest in a saucepan.
2. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes or until mixture has thickened.
3. Serve hot or cold.
4. If using fresh rhubarb:.
5. Add 1/8 cup water to rhubarb in saucepan, cover with lid and cook.
6. When it has cooked down, mix cornstarch with 2 T of water and whisk into rhubarb.
7. Add sugar and zest.
8. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes or until mixture has thickened.

Reviews

[Maven in the Making]

Very nice. I loved the addition of the orange zest. Actually, what I used was the zest of a mandarin orange but it still was wonderful. Thank you so much!

[Benthe (Danish)]

Made for Family Picks ZWT4 – I love Rhubarb any way I can get it, this sauce was poured over pancakes this morning, great flavor. The added zest was great, and not a too sweet sauce either. Thanks CharlotteJ.

[Gerry]

We are rhubarb lovers - after the first pie of the season come all the wonderful extra delights - and this is one of them. Made as posted and wouldn't change a thing. Perfect for serving over vanilla ice cream. Now off to find that recipe for rhubarb crisp squares!