The market · Fruit · Northern and Central Europe

Rhubarb

A vegetable cooked as a fruit: sour stalks that turn pink and jammy with sugar.

sour · fragrant
Rhubarb

What to do with it

Ibu Sari's Beef rendangRhubarb would cut through its richnessAna Etxarri's Pil pilRhubarb would cut through its richnessTolu Adeyemi's SuyaRhubarb would cut through its richnessTolu Adeyemi's Rendang, the Lagos wayRhubarb would cut through its richness

Kinds

Forced
Grown in the dark, bright pink and tender — January to March.
Outdoor
Greener, sharper, heartier — April to June.

Goes with

gingercustardorangestrawberry

Knowing it

Where to buy
Forced rhubarb from Yorkshire's 'rhubarb triangle' is the famous one.
Worth knowing
The leaves are toxic; only the stalks are eaten.

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