Chutney is a great side dish for both spicy Indian dishes and slow cooked or braised dishes. And curries. The most famous version is probably mango chutney, but rhubarb chutney is at least as good, and a really good variation.
Is it oatmeal porridge, stewed strawberry or stewed rhubarb that is the main national Danish stew? I do not know. But at this time of year there is no doubt that it is rhubarb stew. It takes only 10 minutes to cook and packs a bunch of flavor.
The easiest rhubarb recipe that exists. At least of those I know. An unusual way to cook rhubarb, and one that can be used for many things. For example, I have used it as sour-sweet accessories for salmon tartare, yogurt, as a side for braised meat, in smaller pieces in a salad or on / in my homemade sorbet or in cakes etc. Only the imagination sets the limit.
You also get a good rhubarb syrup out of it which you can lighten up with a little water and use as lemonade, or in a rhubarb mojito.
A really nice recipe for lemonade / juice. This recipe is at least in the top 2 of the most simple recipes I know with rhubarb. Fifteen minutes from start to finish. Including the 10 minutes where it just stands and simmer. If you have lots of rhubarb in the garden, and a large freezer, then this is the a really good way to use them. Or pour it on a nice bottle and give it away as a gift.
The rhubarb sherbet can only be made in a very short period in the spring. Simply because the rhubarb season is so short. So you have to try it out while you can. For a Dane rhubarb is the taste of spring, and we look forward to it every year, as the leaves starts to populate the trees. The sherbet is a nice creamy, airy and tasty ice cream that is at least equal to everything you can get from fruits from anywhere in the world. Regardless of the season.
Summer and strawberries is linked together. In Denmark we grow up with strawberries with whipping cream on as a dessert. A simple dish that any dane knows. If you have a garden full of strawberries, there are often so many strawberries at the same time that you simply can not eat them. Then it's good to know the recipe for strawberry juice that can be stored for later or just for drinking when it's hot.
These are harder to pronounce than to make. Probably the most simple pancake recipe in the world. You only need 2 ingredients, and there is no compromise on flavor. 15 minutes and you got a big stack of pancakes for breakfast.
