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Easy Rhubarb Sauce

Name: Easy Rhubarb Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1-1/4 cups.
Ingredients: 1/3 cup sugar; 1/4 cup water; 2-1/4 cups sliced fresh or frozen rhubarb; 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest; 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg; Pound cake or vanilla ice cream

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Total Time

Prep/Total Time: 20 min.

Makes

1-1/4 cups

Celebrate spring with the sweet-tart taste of rhubarb in this simple sauce. I enjoy it on toast, English muffins and pancakes, but it’s equally decadent drizzled on pound cake or ice cream. —Jackie Hutshing, Sonoma, California

Easy Rhubarb Sauce Recipe photo by Taste of Home

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Ingredients

1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
2-1/4 cups sliced fresh or frozen rhubarb
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Pound cake or vanilla ice cream

Directions

In a small saucepan, bring sugar and water to a boil. Add rhubarb; cook and stir until rhubarb is tender and mixture is slightly thickened, 5-10 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in lemon zest and nutmeg.
Serve warm or chilled over pound cake or ice cream. Refrigerate leftovers.

Editor's Note

If using frozen rhubarb, measure rhubarb while still frozen, then thaw completely. Drain in a colander, but do not press liquid out.

Nutrition Facts

1/4 cup: 64 calories, 0 fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 2mg sodium, 16g carbohydrate (14g sugars, 1g fiber), 1g protein.