Rhubarb is one of those vegetables that’s often bypassed in the store, unless it’s on sale of course. But if you spy a couple of red stalks with a huge yellow ‘sale’ tag, it’s time to get cracking on some delicious desserts. Pair your delightful rhubarb recipes with almond, pear, and apple flavours for the perfect taste combination.
Whether you’re in need of a teacake, pudding, crumble or pie, these recipes have you covered for any season. All we can say is, tuck in!
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Rhubarb upside-down cake
Colourful, delicious and delicately sour, rhubarb takes centre stage to adorn this divine tea cake. Yum!
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Rhubarb, pear and almond cake
Get your sweet from pear, your nutty from almond and a delicious tartness from rhubarb in this moist, comforting cake.
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Rhubarb, lime and coconut cake
Haven’t baked an upside-down cake for a while? Well grease up your tin and lay it out in rhubarb. It’s an afternoon tea star.
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Stewed rhubarb with French toast
Having a naturally low sugar content, rhubarb tastes best when it’s cooked. Stewed with cinnamon, sugar and apples, it makes a sweet topper for French toast.
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Gluten-free pear and rhubarb cobbler
This fruity beauty cobbler is a cinch to make. Served with ice cream and syrup, you’ll have to dish out seconds!
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Apple and rhubarb crumble with ginger
Apple and rhubarb crumble is a great dessert that uses seasonal fruits. Not one to stick with tradition completely, Colin is tweaking the recipe to include a few ingredients his mum would not approve of!
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Rhubarb ‘croissant’ toast
Put a simple spin on the bakery classic – slather frangipane filling onto glazed brioche slices, then bake to perfection.
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Brown sugar meringues with peanut butter ganache and rhubarb
These brown sugar meringues combine airy, rich dark chocolate peanut butter ganache and tender, aromatic rhubarb. Perfectly contrasted in flavour, this recipe is sure to impress.
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Rhubarb macadamia blondies
Take your classic brownie and add white choc, macadamias and tangy rhubarb. Create a tart, rich and creamy match made in heaven!
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Mini rhubarb pies
The star toppers hide a creamy surprise underneath, cream cheese! It delightfully complements the rhubarb filling with the end result being both impressive and delicious.
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Raspberry, rhubarb and rose mousse pie
Making mousse is simpler than you think and you can easily get the edible flowers online. The other glam decos are from the supermarket. Elegance made easy.
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Rhubarb, orange and almond bread and butter pudding
This old-fashioned favourite has had a bit of a facelift! Rhubarb and orange are the perfect zesty combo.
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Rhubarb, raspberry and raisin bread and butter pudding
When life gives you raisin bread, make raisin bread and butter pudding. A twist on the classic dessert we all grew up with, the rhubarb and raspberry add a nice tart touch.
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Macadamia quinoa porridge with baked rhubarb
Porridge is so comforting to wake up to on a chilly morning. This macadamia version of the popular breakfast item, makes it easy to roll out of bed, even in the winter!
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Rhubarb and apple pie with homemade pastry
Rhubarb and apples are both in season in autumn, which is lucky – because, when cooked together, they make a particularly flavourful pair.
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Apple, rhubarb and strawberry crumbles
This decadent fruity dessert is the stuff of dreams! Nothing is more comforting than a crumble.
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Anzac apple and rhubarb pie
With apple and rhubarb pie on the bottom, topped by a traditional Anzac biscuit, it’s a treat to please both pie and biscuit lovers.
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Candied rhubarb chips
These delicate chips are oh-so-pretty as a decoration on cakes, pies, ice cream… any dessert at all.
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Oven-stewed rhubarb
Stewing rhubarb in the oven is one of the fastest ways to use up a large bunch without having to make too much effort.
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Stewing rhubarb in 5 minutes
Stewing rhubarb is the quickest and easiest way to use it all up (aside from whipping up a rhubarb crumble, tart or cake, of course). It takes just five minutes to make stewed rhubarb on the stovetop.