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Rhubarb and Bush Turkeys

Tamborine Mountain’s amazing rhubarb flavour

By Terri Taylor.

Photos courtesy Peter Smith – Tamborine Mountain Daily Star.

I can’t imagine living and cooking in Queensland without regular supplies of the gorgeous red Tamborine Mountain Rhubarb.

Freshly picked rhubarb

For as long as I have lived in Queensland we have always made a pilgrimage to the Mountain to get my fix of this scrumptious, sweet, earthy ruby red vegetable.

Yes, rhubarb is a vegetable, dating back to 2000 BC in China where it was used in medicine. And rhubarb is just soooooo good that today I have two recipes for you to try.

The prize winning Gordon Bull Tamborine Mountain rhubarb

Both are delicious comfort food, full of vitamins and ideal for the sweet of tooth!

Quick and easy rhubarb recipes from Tamborine Mountain

Rhubarb and Apple Crumble which is quick and easy to prepare. The delicious crumble can be made from ingredients you probably already have in your pantry.
Baked Rhubarb and Creamed Rice. Think back to the creamy rice dessert your grandma used to make . . . but now without the cream. It still has the richness of the original recipe. Now we add an exotic touch with a hint of a Moroccan taste with rose water and the crunch of pistachio nuts. The rose petals are optional but do add colour to complete the delicious picture.

The famous award-winning Bull’s rhubarb seedlings

If you make a special trip to buy it get two bunches, it keeps well in the refrigerator. It can also be used as a meat tenderiser and in savoury sauces particularly with pork, but that can wait for another time or Google it and be surprised.

Jamie Oliver is a fellow devotee. He describes the it like this: “It has an amazing flavour spectrum-one that floats, skips, jumps and crashes right over your tongue, from the front to the sides and back again”.

I don’t think you could get that much excitement from any other vegetable!

Rhubarb looks great in the garden with the dark green leaves contrasting beautifully with the famous red steams; it grows quickly with a regular watering and an occasional shovel of chicken manure. It is available all year round, but in winter grows more slowly and the stems are redder and thinner.

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