Rhubarb Mostarda

A mostarda is a sweet and sour condiment that contains mustard seeds. Rhubarb is one of those tangy tart spring ingredients that pairs well with the mustard seeds. However, essentially, you can make a mostarda for every season, like a peach or cherry mostarda during the summer is wonderful. Then in fall and winter you…

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Rhubarb

Rhubarb…is it a fruit…is it a vegetable? That is a tricky question to answer. Here’s the thing with rhubarb. Botanically speaking, it is a vegetable and member of the buckwheat family, but because it is most often cooked down with sugar for pies and jam, it is thought of as a fruit and is even…

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Cast Iron Roasted Beets with Celery, Rhubarb Mostarda & Crème Fraîche

Beets are one of the beckoning ingredients that are essential from winter into spring. They offer plenty of sweet, savory and earthy notes that help them pair well with almost anything. In this recipe, I roast beets in foil pouches placed in a preheated cast iron pan. This method allows the beets to caramelize in…

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