Author Notes
I made that Compote before with pears, orange, grapefruit, and also figs, lemon, and pineapple. Than I thought, since rhubarb is now in season, and I like to experiment with old recipes, I’ll try the combination I am presenting in this recipe.
It came out very good.
—Kukla
Ingredients
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¾ cup sugar
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¾ cup good white vine
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¼ teaspoon anise seeds, crushed
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1 teaspoon lemon juice
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Dash of salt
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1 ½ pounds firm ripe rhubarb stocks
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1 large orange
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1 grapefruit
Directions
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In a medium-size pan, bring sugar, vine, anise, lemon juice, and salt to a boil
Reduce heat to simmer.
Peel the rhubarb stocks with a vegetable peeler, quarter each of them.Place in hot syrup, cover, and simmer until barely tender when pierced (about 10 minutes); Cool.With a sharp small knife, peel and section orange and grapefruit, add them to the rhubarb; gently mix. Chill.
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Serve over Pound Cakes, Crepes, or use in Trifles as a fruit layer.
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