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Rhubarb Sauce

Rhubarb Sauce

Cuisine:World

Course:Sauce

10m prep 10m cook 20m ready

A simple rhubarb sauce made with fresh rhubarb, sugar, and vanilla. Perfect for topping ice cream, pancakes, or yogurt.

Ingredients

Servings:

Nutrition (per serving, estimated)

Estimated based off 4 of 5 identified ingredients (per 100 g food data, scaled by amount).

Energy
147 cal
Protein
0.73 g
Carbohydrate
37.1 g
Fiber
1.46 g
Sugars
34.2 g
Sodium
4.41 mg
Total fat
0.16 g
Saturated fat
0.04 g
Monounsaturated fat
0.03 g
Polyunsaturated fat
0.08 g
Vitamins & minerals
  • Calcium: 70.9 mg
  • Iron: 0.2 mg
  • Magnesium: 10 mg
  • Phosphorus: 11.4 mg
  • Potassium: 235 mg
  • Zinc: 0.09 mg

Let's Prepare

Collect

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  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • kosher salt

Prepare

  • 4 cup rhubarb, cut into ½-inch pieces

Let's Cook

  1. Step 1.

    Combine 4 cups rhubarb (cut into ½-inch pieces), 1 cup sugar, ½ cup water, ½ teaspoon vanilla extract, and a pinch of kosher salt in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over high heat.

  2. Step 2.

    Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium-low. Cook for 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the rhubarb is tender and the sauce has thickened slightly.

  3. Step 3.

    Remove the saucepan from the heat and let the sauce cool completely at room temperature.

  4. Step 4.

    Store the cooled rhubarb sauce in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week, or freeze for up to 3 months.

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