I've only every had dried hibiscs flowers in herbal drinks, so I was curious to taste it as a spread. The hibiscus certainly intensifies the zingy sourness of the rhubarb furthermore. And the colour, well its stunning.
Makes 1 x 260g
Ingredients
300g rhubarb, sliced
100g golden caster sugar
2 teaspoons lemon juice
2 - 3 teaspoons dried hibiscus flower, minced
Method
Macerate the rhubarb slices in the sugar for a minimum of 6 hours, or overnight until the sugar has dissolved. Pour the rhubarb and its sugary juices into a medium pan. Add the lemon juice and the hibiscus flowers. Heat over medium heat, stirring now and again for 10 - 15 minutes, or until it has thickened. Remove from the heat and allow to cool, before pouring into a sterilized jar. The original recipe can be found here.
What a lovely colour. What would you eat this with?
ReplyDeleteIts great on croissant, scones and even bagels.
DeleteThis looks so good, definitely bookmarking it! I've never tried making preserves, but I really want to do jams this summer (I'm thinking strawberry jam with a twist like lime or rhubarb). I always got the impression that making the stuff was fiddly and time-consuming - do you have any tips for beginners, or is it genuinely as lovely and straightforward as it sounds here?
ReplyDeleteTor Ince,
Deletethis is so much more easier than making jams, honestly, do try it. I am pretty much an amateur myself at jam making and preserving, all I can say is experiment. The more you practice the more confident you become.
This looks wonderful Shaheen! The colour is beautiful as you note, and the flavours sound delicious too.
ReplyDeleteThank you Kari.
DeleteThat looks wonderful-can't wait to try it out and taste it-thank you Shaheen!
ReplyDeleteYour so welcome Dragonette. Do hope you like. I keep meaning to try your Smoked Sodabread, everytime I have been to the Cardiff Waitrose, they don't seem to have the flour. Will keep my beady eyes out for it though.
DeleteWhoops-probably me buying it all up!!
DeleteWhere do you get your dried hibiscus flowers from?
It took me a good year to find some, I was in Notting Hill last year and got some from The Spice Shop. Not cheap, but worth it as a treat. See here.
Deletehttp://www.thespiceshop.co.uk/catalog.php
And if your interested, this was my post on Notting Hill.
http://allotment2kitchen.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/portobello-market.html
Loved your post on Portabella Market...brought back memories as I actually met Clarissa D W for the first time in Books For Cooks about 20 years ago. As you said, it is a very small shop...She offered me some sausages which she had just cooked but I declined and I just remember her saying she hoped I wasn’t one of those ‘vegetarians’...I made a sharp exit!
DeleteThanks Dragonette.
DeleteI 'saw' Clarissa too, but it was in Edinburgh where she opened a cookbook shop similar to the one in Portabella. It sadly did not last long, now replaced by a retro shop. So funny to read of your memory and sharp exit. She's a funny lady. I have one of her cookbook called 'Food' where she makes a comment about vegetarians too, but I don't bite at that much criticism.