Dried Rhubarb Chips
We’ve seen dried apple chips – either sold in packets as a healthy alternative to potato chips (crisps as we say in the UK), or used as a garnish in desserts – so why not dried rhubarb chips?
But when I first saw pretty dried pineapple sunflowers decorating an exotic fruit dessert a few years ago in Paris (at Ze Kitchen Galerie), I just had to make them at home. And they’re so easy!
After trying them out successfully in my own kitchen (well, not that successfully: I just missed cutting my thumb to the nerve using the mandoline), I tried it out on rhubarb too, using the same simple method – this time being a lot more careful with the mandolin’s blade – and it worked!
The lightly coloured rainbow-like ribs along the stalks look rather arty, don’t they?
Either you love rhubarb’s tartness or not, but use it to your advantage to surprise guests with these arty chips on savoury dishes such as Foie Gras, terrines or pâtés. Add them to this rhubarb and rose sorbet or other rhubarb desserts such as rhubarb & strawberry gratin. Or try on lemon ice cream for a real tart dessert! The good news is that they can keep for a couple of months if stored in an airtight container.
Jill Colonna
I was given a bag of precut frozen rhubarb. My friend has 3 plants and tends to freeze alot.
Can you make chips from short chubbys instead of long thin slices?
Hi Tony,
To be honest, I have never made these rhubarb chips using frozen rhubarb, just fresh. If you do try them using your friend’s frozen chubbys, then please let me know how you got on. What a lovely friend to have that has a great supply it!
Loved this, worked really well but my teenage sons found them…i never got to try any!!!
Oh dear – too funny! I know that problem only too well with 2 teenage daughters! Next time, hide them.
my question is: my chips are really sticky, shall i dry them further or give it up?
Please don’t give up! Just ensure you dry them properly before baking them and perhaps keep them in the oven slightly longer – all ovens are different.
Dried rhubarb chips what a great idea Jill. I love the idea of putting them on lemon ice cream. Yes I do think the coloured rainbow-like ribs along the stalks look really arty and very special.
I adore this, Jill!! You know how much I love rhubarb, and these would NEVER last 2 weeks, let alone 2 months in my house! I hope I can still find some rhubarb in the stores as I really don’t want to have to wait a year to try this!
Hehe. I need to revise this just to check again how long they last since we ran out a few days after I made them. I do hope you can still find rhubarb after all your travels, Christina…
Haha, I love the safety warning! I have such a pitiful rhubarb crop that this may be the answer. Someday, I’ll get enough to make a pie 🙂
FAB! For savory do you still need the syrup?
Definitely!