Homemade Rhubarb Sauce is perfect served over ice cream!
Have you ever had rhubarb sauce? It's like no other sauce I've ever had. It's tart, yet sweet.
It can be used on pancakes instead of syrup, drizzled over vanilla ice cream, or even used like jam on toast. It so delicious and very easy to make!
Rhubarb sauce is made by cooking fresh rhubarb along with sugar and fresh orange juice and orange peel.
How do I use this sauce?
- Spoon over vanilla ice cream
- Use in place of syrup on pancakes or waffles
- Spoon over a bowl of oatmeal
- Use like jam on a toasted English muffin.
Rhubarb is one of my favorites. It is a perennial that just seems to get bigger year after year without having to give it much care. The first green buds can be seen as soon as the snow melts.
By mid April (in my area) the stalks are ready for harvesting! That makes it the first harvest of the year for us. Rhubarb stalks are tart. When I was a kid, I loved just eating a stalk of rhubarb by itself. I loved the tart taste.
This rhubarb sauce is super simple to make. It only needs 4 ingredients. You throw them all together and boil until it's a soft jam like consistency.
It's delicious eaten right away, but it's even better if you give it a chance to chill in the fridge. It doesn't get much easier than this recipe, and yet no one will know how easy it was.
Just think how you can "Wow!" all your guests with just this simple sauce! You've got to try this rhubarb sauce! This delicious sauce can be made with fresh or frozen rhubarb.
If you are looking for other great rhubarb recipes try these Rhubarb Muffins, Rhubarb Bread, Rhubarb Jam, Strawberry Rhubarb Upside Down Cake or this Rhubarb Crisp.
If you make this recipe, I’d love to hear about it! Leave a comment below and snap a picture and tag me on Instagram @beyondthechickencoop
Rhubarb Sauce
Ingredients
- 3 Cups chopped rhubarb
- ½ Cup sugar
- Zest from one orange
- Juice from one orange
Instructions
- Put everything together in a sauce pan.
- Bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer.
- Simmer 15-20 minutes until all rhubarb chunks have disappeared. The sauce will be the consistency of apple sauce or jam.
- Place into a covered container and refrigerate.
Notes
- Spoon over vanilla ice cream
- Use in place of syrup on pancakes or waffles
- Spoon over a bowl of oatmeal
- Use like jam on a toasted English muffin.
Erin @ Miss Scrambled Egg says
Mmmm! Rhubarb sauce sounds delicious. I'm all in. 😀
Emily @ SageRecipes says
I've only used rhubarb in pie before, but this sounds so easy to make - and would be so good on pancakes! Love this idea!
Lori from LL Farm says
This sounds delicious! As an adult, I still eat rhubarb like you did as a kid (I add with salt).
Lori
Kathy says
Oohhh....I'll have to try with salt!
Annie @ The Garlic Diaries says
This is so cool! I haven't ever had rhubarb before, but I love trying new and unique things. This needs to go on my list!
Kathy says
You must try rhubarb! Simply delicious in so many ways!
Ami@NaiveCookCooks says
Rhubarb is one veggie I suppose most neglected in my kitchen! This sauce totally wants me to buy some rhubarb today so I can make this!
Kathy says
Yep, you must try making this sauce!