Rhubarb Sauce With Zest

Submitted by Charlotte J

"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 Recipe #239834 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."

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 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!

 

[Chef PotPie]

I don't like rhubarb, but loved this sauce! DH is the rhubarb fan in this house. I served it over vanilla ice cream for him tonight, (big treat!), and he thought it was too "orangy" and that is what I loved about it. Don't get me wrong, he enjoyed it. 5 stars both ways and anyways! Thanks, Char, this is a KEEPER!